bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> What I'm looking for is an end-to-end swap. e.g. swap f841 to
> 41f8 so that 'od' will return 3.100e+01
What options are you using to &#x
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From: Bob Proulx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:24 PM
To: Mike Lockhart
Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> What I'm looking for is an end-to-end swap. e.
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> What I'm looking for is an end-to-end swap. e.g. swap f841 to
> 41f8 so that 'od' will return 3.100e+01
What options are you using to 'od'?
> I can write a byte-swap function in awk, but I can't translate the
> floats into something I can understand - it would
:08 PM
To: Mike Lockhart
Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> To avoid endian issues, all our output binary files are written
> big-endian.
Binary data files need a defined format and one is as g
y, June 29, 2006 11:01 PM
To: Mike Lockhart
Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
Subject: Re: enhancement request for a long word byte swap option for
'dd'
"Mike Lockhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For 4-byte words (floats, long integers), however, this doesn't work.
>
>
Mike Lockhart wrote:
> To avoid endian issues, all our output binary files are written
> big-endian.
Binary data files need a defined format and one is as good as the
other. Depending upon your point of view little endian machines seem
to be more popular these days though. I actually think that
"Mike Lockhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For 4-byte words (floats, long integers), however, this doesn't work.
>
> How does one go about asking for an enhancement, say, for 'dd' -
You've done it. Thanks.
To make it happen, it would help if you:
* Looked for existing practice. Maybe so
Dear Sir,
I am an application-support analyst who makes extensive use of 'awk'
scripts in my work. One problem I have run into lately is an endian
issue. My company has worked in the Unix world for many years, and
several years ago ported their applications to Linux. To avoid endian
issues,
