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.Dd Jan 28, 1995 .Dt FILE2C 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm file2c .Nd convert file to c-source. .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm file2c .Op "string" .Op "string" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm file2c utility reads a file from stdin and writes it to stdout, converting each byte to its decimal representation on the fly.

p If the first .Op string is present, it is printed before the data, if the second .Op string is present, it is printed after the data.

p This program is used to embedd binary or other files into C source files, for instance as a char[]. .Sh EXAMPLE The command: d -literal -offset indent date | file2c 'const char date[] = {' ',0};' .Ed

p will produce: d -literal -offset indent const char date[] = { 83,97,116,32,74,97,110,32,50,56,32,49,54,58,50,56,58,48,53, 32,80,83,84,32,49,57,57,53,10 ,0}; .Ed