[GTALUG] Processing a binary file with a shell script

[William Park]

You don't need "tools" to write Bourne shell script, because the script
itself is text file.  If you're talking about shell wrapper, then
    #! /bin/sh
    your_c_program "$@"
would call your C program with the same arguments.  You can use "exec"
to replace the script, if you want PID to be the same, ie.
    #! /bin/sh
    exec your_c_program "$@"
-- 
William

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 04:12:57AM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote:
> Hello All,
> I am writing a bourne shell script, to read a binary file as input and take
> action depending on the contents of the file.
> 
> The file is a mixture of ASCII and binary codes (such as ASCII filed
> lengths and flags).
> 
> I have the processing already done in C. I would like to convert it to a
> bourne shell.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what combination of tools I may be able
> to use?

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