On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:23 PM, ritu <ritu_bhandar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm wondering if Python has a utility to detect binary content in > files? Or if anyone has any ideas on how that can be accomplished? I > haven't been able to find any useful information to accomplish this > (my other option is to fire off a perl script from within m python > script that will tell me whether the file is binary), so any pointers > will be appreciated. > All files are binary. The question is whether every byte in the file represents a (whole or part of a) character or whether some of the data represents a different data type. You could theoretically have a "binary" file that appears in a text editor to be perfect English. How does your perl script tell the difference? http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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