Python package for easy printing of strings as hexview strings.
Command-Line utility script, that prints contents of a file or whatever is read from the standard input formated as hexview.
PyHex and PyHexView (single package) is on PyPi, so you can simply run:
easy_install pyhex
Depending on your platform, you might need to run:
sudo easy_install pyhex
Formatting a string:
from pyhex import pyhex_format
string = "Lobster ALL the Fetish!?"
hex = "\n".join(pyhex_format(string, 0))
print hex
Output:
0000000000: 4c 6f 62 73 74 65 72 20 | 41 4c 4c 20 74 68 65 20 Lobster ALL the
0000000010: 46 65 74 69 73 68 21 3f Fetish!?
Formatting an entire file:
from pyhex import pyhex_format_stream
with open("example.txt", "rb") as stream:
hex = "\n".join(pyhex_format_stream(stream)))
print hex
If the contents of "example.txt" are:
Lobster ALL the Fetish!?
Ah yes! We like to lobster our fetish!
Output:
0000000000: 4c 6f 62 73 74 65 72 20 | 41 4c 4c 20 74 68 65 20 Lobster ALL the
0000000010: 46 65 74 69 73 68 21 3f | 0a 0a 41 68 20 79 65 73 Fetish!?..Ah yes
0000000020: 21 20 57 65 20 6c 69 6b | 65 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 62 ! We like to lob
0000000030: 73 74 65 72 20 6f 75 72 | 20 66 65 74 69 73 68 21 ster our fetish!
0000000040: 0a .
Printing a converted string:
from sys import stdout
from pyhex import pyhex_write
string = "Lobster ALL the Fetish!?"
pyhex_write(string, 0, stdout))
Output:
0000000000: 4c 6f 62 73 74 65 72 20 | 41 4c 4c 20 74 68 65 20 Lobster ALL the
0000000010: 46 65 74 69 73 68 21 3f Fetish!?
Printing an entire file:
from sys import stdout
from pyhex import pyhex_format_stream
with open("example.txt", "rb") as input_stream:
pyhex_write_stream(stream, stdout))
If the contents of "example.txt" are:
Lobster ALL the Fetish!?
Ah yes! We like to lobster our fetish!
Output:
0000000000: 4c 6f 62 73 74 65 72 20 | 41 4c 4c 20 74 68 65 20 Lobster ALL the
0000000010: 46 65 74 69 73 68 21 3f | 0a 0a 41 68 20 79 65 73 Fetish!?..Ah yes
0000000020: 21 20 57 65 20 6c 69 6b | 65 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 62 ! We like to lob
0000000030: 73 74 65 72 20 6f 75 72 | 20 66 65 74 69 73 68 21 ster our fetish!
0000000040: 0a .
View .gitattributes code formatted as hexview:
$> python pyhexview.py -i .gitattributes
0000000000: 23 20 41 75 74 6f 20 64 | 65 74 65 63 74 20 74 65 # Auto detect te
0000000010: 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 | 20 61 6e 64 20 70 65 72 xt files and per
0000000020: 66 6f 72 6d 20 4c 46 20 | 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 69 7a form LF normaliz
0000000030: 61 74 69 6f 6e 0d 0a 2a | 20 74 65 78 74 3d 61 75 ation..* text=au
0000000040: 74 6f 0d 0a 0d 0a 23 20 | 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 to....# Standard
0000000050: 20 74 6f 20 6d 73 79 73 | 67 69 74 0d 0a 2a 2e 64 to msysgit..*.d
0000000060: 6f 63 09 20 64 69 66 66 | 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 70 oc. diff=astextp
0000000070: 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e | 44 4f 43 09 20 64 69 66 lain..*.DOC. dif
0000000080: 66 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 | 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a f=astextplain..*
0000000090: 2e 64 6f 63 78 20 64 69 | 66 66 3d 61 73 74 65 78 .docx diff=astex
00000000a0: 74 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a | 2a 2e 44 4f 43 58 20 64 tplain..*.DOCX d
00000000b0: 69 66 66 3d 61 73 74 65 | 78 74 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d iff=astextplain.
00000000c0: 0a 2a 2e 64 6f 74 20 20 | 64 69 66 66 3d 61 73 74 .*.dot diff=ast
00000000d0: 65 78 74 70 6c 61 69 6e | 0d 0a 2a 2e 44 4f 54 20 extplain..*.DOT
00000000e0: 20 64 69 66 66 3d 61 73 | 74 65 78 74 70 6c 61 69 diff=astextplai
00000000f0: 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e 70 64 66 | 20 20 64 69 66 66 3d 61 n..*.pdf diff=a
0000000100: 73 74 65 78 74 70 6c 61 | 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e 50 44 stextplain..*.PD
0000000110: 46 09 20 64 69 66 66 3d | 61 73 74 65 78 74 70 6c F. diff=astextpl
0000000120: 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e 72 | 74 66 09 20 64 69 66 66 ain..*.rtf. diff
0000000130: 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 70 | 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e =astextplain..*.
0000000140: 52 54 46 09 20 64 69 66 | 66 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 RTF. diff=astext
0000000150: 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a plain..
Same as before, but read it from standard input:
$> python pyhexview.py < .gitattributes
0000000000: 23 20 41 75 74 6f 20 64 | 65 74 65 63 74 20 74 65 # Auto detect te
0000000010: 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 | 20 61 6e 64 20 70 65 72 xt files and per
0000000020: 66 6f 72 6d 20 4c 46 20 | 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 69 7a form LF normaliz
0000000030: 61 74 69 6f 6e 0d 0a 2a | 20 74 65 78 74 3d 61 75 ation..* text=au
0000000040: 74 6f 0d 0a 0d 0a 23 20 | 53 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 to....# Standard
0000000050: 20 74 6f 20 6d 73 79 73 | 67 69 74 0d 0a 2a 2e 64 to msysgit..*.d
0000000060: 6f 63 09 20 64 69 66 66 | 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 70 oc. diff=astextp
0000000070: 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e | 44 4f 43 09 20 64 69 66 lain..*.DOC. dif
0000000080: 66 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 | 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a f=astextplain..*
0000000090: 2e 64 6f 63 78 20 64 69 | 66 66 3d 61 73 74 65 78 .docx diff=astex
00000000a0: 74 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a | 2a 2e 44 4f 43 58 20 64 tplain..*.DOCX d
00000000b0: 69 66 66 3d 61 73 74 65 | 78 74 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d iff=astextplain.
00000000c0: 0a 2a 2e 64 6f 74 20 20 | 64 69 66 66 3d 61 73 74 .*.dot diff=ast
00000000d0: 65 78 74 70 6c 61 69 6e | 0d 0a 2a 2e 44 4f 54 20 extplain..*.DOT
00000000e0: 20 64 69 66 66 3d 61 73 | 74 65 78 74 70 6c 61 69 diff=astextplai
00000000f0: 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e 70 64 66 | 20 20 64 69 66 66 3d 61 n..*.pdf diff=a
0000000100: 73 74 65 78 74 70 6c 61 | 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e 50 44 stextplain..*.PD
0000000110: 46 09 20 64 69 66 66 3d | 61 73 74 65 78 74 70 6c F. diff=astextpl
0000000120: 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e 72 | 74 66 09 20 64 69 66 66 ain..*.rtf. diff
0000000130: 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 70 | 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a 2a 2e =astextplain..*.
0000000140: 52 54 46 09 20 64 69 66 | 66 3d 61 73 74 65 78 74 RTF. diff=astext
0000000150: 70 6c 61 69 6e 0d 0a plain..