$ ./command | cat -v
$ cat --help | grep nonprinting
-v, --show-nonprinting use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
Вот то же самое в py3k на основе android / cat.c :
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Emulate `cat -v` behaviour.
use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
NOTE: python exits on ^Z in stdin on Windows
NOTE: newlines handling skewed towards interactive terminal.
Particularly, applying the conversion twice might *not* be a no-op
"""
import fileinput, sys
def escape(bytes):
for b in bytes:
assert 0 <= b < 0x100
if b in (0x09, 0x0a): # '\t\n'
yield b
continue
if b > 0x7f: # not ascii
yield 0x4d # 'M'
yield 0x2d # '-'
b &= 0x7f
if b < 0x20: # control char
yield 0x5e # '^'
b |= 0x40
elif b == 0x7f:
yield 0x5e # '^'
yield 0x3f # '?'
continue
yield b
if __name__ == '__main__':
write_bytes = sys.stdout.buffer.write
for bytes in fileinput.input(mode="rb"):
write_bytes(escape(bytes))
Пример:
$ perl -e"print map chr,0..0xff" > bytes.bin
$ cat -v bytes.bin > cat-v.out
$ python30 cat-v.py bytes.bin > python.out
$ diff -s cat-v.out python.out
Он печатает:
Files cat-v.out and python.out are identical