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01/02: gnu: Add ascii2binary. |
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Tue, 27 Aug 2019 03:32:07 -0400 (EDT) |
htgoebel pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 7577ab55569defc018dfe342239aa9a8e17d67b1
Author: Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden>
Date: Sat Jul 27 23:21:29 2019 +0200
gnu: Add ascii2binary.
* gnu/packages/textutils.scm (ascii2binary): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/textutils.scm | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/textutils.scm b/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
index 2c520df..6e07553 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/textutils.scm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016 Marius Bakke <address@hidden>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <address@hidden>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Rene Saavedra <address@hidden>
-;;; Copyright © 2017 Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden>
+;;; Copyright © 2017,2019 Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Kei Kebreau <address@hidden>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Alex Vong <address@hidden>
;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
@@ -321,6 +321,50 @@ input bits thoroughly but are not suitable for
cryptography.")
;; entails."
(license license:public-domain)))
+(define-public ascii2binary
+ (package
+ (name "ascii2binary")
+ (version "2.14")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "http://billposer.org/Software/Downloads/"
+ "ascii2binary-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32 "0dc9fxcdmppbs9s06jvq61zbk552laxps0xyk098gj41697ihd96"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("gettext" ,gettext-minimal)))
+ (home-page "https://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html")
+ (synopsis "Convert between ASCII, hexadecimal and binary representations")
+ (description "The two programs are useful for generating test data, for
+inspecting binary files, and for interfacing programs that generate textual
+output to programs that require binary input and conversely. They can also be
+useful when it is desired to reformat numbers.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item @command{ascii2binary} reads input consisting of ascii or hexadecimal
+ representation numbers separated by whitespace and produces as output
+ the binary equivalents. The type and precision of the binary output
+ is selected using command line flags.
+
+@item @command{binary2ascii} reads input consisting of binary numbers
+ and converts them to their ascii or hexadecimal representation.
+ Command line flags specify the type and size of the binary numbers
+ and provide control over the format of the output.
+ Unsigned integers may be written out in binary, octal, decimal,
+ or hexadecimal.
+
+ Signed integers may be written out only in binary or decimal. Floating
+ point numbers may be written out only decimal, either in standard or
+ scientific notation. (If you want to examine the binary representation
+ of floating point numbers, just treat the input as a sequence of unsigned
+ characters.)
+
+@end itemize")
+ (license license:gpl3)))
+
(define-public libconfig
(package
(name "libconfig")