Translate binary/text file to single zero terminated char * buffer with content length.

bin2inc.sh

#!/bin/bash

hash sed fold || {
    printf "%s\n" "bin2inc: error: missing program dependencies";
    exit 1; # if you don't have sed or fold, get them.
} >&2;

[[ -n $2 ]] && {
	[[ -f "$2" && -r "$2" ]] || {
		printf "%s\n" "bin2inc: error: argument 2 is not a valid file: $2";
		exit 2; # c'mon man file data must "exist"
	} >&2;
}

stream() {
	local IFS='';
	local -i bytes=0
	while read -r -N1 r; do
		printf "0x%02X, " "'$r"; let bytes++;  
	done < "${1:-/dev/stdin}";
	echo $bytes >&7;
}

exec 7<> <(:);
byteField="$( { stream < "$2"; echo -n 0x00; } | fold -sw 87 | sed  's/^/    /')";
read -u 7 bytes; exec 7>&-;

(( bytes )) || {
	echo $0: error: no content was provided;
	file=$(readlink /proc/$$/fd/1 & wait $!);
	[[ -f "$file" ]] && rm "$file";
	exit 7;
} >&2;

id=${1:-binary_data};

echo "/*

auto-generated file include

encoded by bin2inc (bash version) (C) 2013 Hypersoft

date: `date`
resource: ${2:-/dev/stdin}
developer: $USER

content-identifier: ${id} 

content-length-identifier: ${id}_length
content-length: $bytes

zero-padding: 1

*/

unsigned char $id[] = {

$byteField

};

unsigned long int ${id}_length = ${bytes}L;
"