chars

Split files into characters, one per line or separated by spaces, with additional formatting and escaping options.

Example

$ cat test-in.txt
Hello, World!
This is line two.

$ chars --oneline
H e l l o , \40 W o r l d ! \n T h i s \40 i s \40 l i n e \40 t w o . \n

$ chars --oneline --only printable
H e l l o , W o r l d ! T h i s i s l i n e t w o .

$ chars --oneline -Hex
48 65 6C 6C 6F 2C 20 57 6F 72 6C 64 21 0A 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6C 69 6E
65 20 74 77 6F 2E 0A

Usage

chars -h

Usage: chars [OPTIONS]

Split files into characters, one per line or separated by spaces, with
additional formatting and escaping options.

General options:
 -v, --version          print version number and exit
 -h, --help             print this message and exit
 -i, --input   <file>   path or - for standard input (default)
 -o, --output  <file>   path or - for standard output (default)
     --only    <class>  print 'all' or 'printable' (default) characters
 -p                     shortcut for  --only printable
     --multiline        print one character per line (default)
     --oneline          print the characters separated by spaces
     --[no-]escape      escape non-printable characters in C style
                        (only for --chars; default: enabled)
 -q, --[no-]quote       quote characters with " (default: no)

Output style options with printf equivalents:
 -c, --chars            ASCII characters (default)         %c
 -u, --decimal          ASCII codepoints                   %3i
 -x, --hex              ASCII codepoints in hex            %02x
 -X, --Hex              ASCII codepoints in uppercase hex  %02X

Also see the man page: man chars

Building & Installing

make
make check    # optional; runs tests
make install  # change prefix with   prefix=/some/path

# to regenerate the test cases when needed
make test-out

Links

Home page: https://github.com/yokatana/chars

Builds: https://travis-ci.org/yokatana/chars

Author

Iku (iku@yokatana.com)