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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+ bin2c
+ ~~~~~
+
+ Simple tool for creating C array from a binary file.
+
+ :copyright: (c) 2016 by Dmitry Alimov.
+ :license: The MIT License (MIT), see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+
+
+def bin2c(filename, varname='data', linesize=80, indent=4):
+ """ Read binary data from file and return as a C array
+
+ :param filename: a filename of a file to read.
+ :param varname: a C array variable name.
+ :param linesize: a size of a line (min value is 40).
+ :param indent: an indent (number of spaces) that prepend each line.
+ """
+ if not os.path.isfile(filename):
+ print('File "%s" is not found!' % filename)
+ return ''
+ if not re.match('[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*', varname):
+ print('Invalid variable name "%s"' % varname)
+ return
+ with open(filename, 'rb') as in_file:
+ data = in_file.read()
+ # limit the line length
+ if linesize < 40:
+ linesize = 40
+ byte_len = 6 # '0x00, '
+ out = 'const char %s[%d] = {\n' % (varname, len(data))
+ line = ''
+ for byte in data:
+ line += '0x%02x, ' % (byte if PY3 else ord(byte))
+ if len(line) + indent + byte_len >= linesize:
+ out += ' ' * indent + line + '\n'
+ line = ''
+ # add the last line
+ if len(line) + indent + byte_len < linesize:
+ out += ' ' * indent + line + '\n'
+ # strip the last comma
+ out = out.rstrip(', \n') + '\n'
+ out += '};'
+ return out
+
+
+def main():
+ """ Main func """
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ parser.add_argument(
+ 'filename', help='filename to convert to C array')
+ parser.add_argument(
+ 'varname', nargs='?', help='variable name', default='data')
+ parser.add_argument(
+ 'linesize', nargs='?', help='line length', default=80, type=int)
+ parser.add_argument(
+ 'indent', nargs='?', help='indent size', default=4, type=int)
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ # print out the data
+ print(bin2c(args.filename, args.varname, args.linesize, args.indent))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main() \ No newline at end of file