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A PowerShell function to output a file's bytes in decimal and/or binary notation
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<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Outputs a file's bytes in decimal and/or binary notation | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Initially created to compare files prior to UTF encoding. | |
.PARAMETER Path | |
Path to file. | |
.PARAMETER Format | |
Possible values are: DecimalOnly, BinaryOnly, Both | |
.EXAMPLE | |
C:\> Get-Bytes E:\marckassay\EndOfLine\test\index.html -Format DecimalOnly | |
60 | |
104 | |
116 | |
109 | |
108 | |
62 | |
13 | |
10 | |
.EXAMPLE | |
C:\> $Out = Get-Bytes E:\marckassay\EndOfLine\test\index.html -Format Both | |
C:\> $Out | |
60 : 00111100 | |
104 : 01101000 | |
116 : 01110100 | |
109 : 01101101 | |
108 : 01101100 | |
62 : 00111110 | |
13 : 00001101 | |
10 : 00001010 | |
.NOTES | |
General notes | |
#> | |
function Get-Bytes { | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
Param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] | |
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
[string[]]$Path, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] | |
[ValidateSet("DecimalOnly", "BinaryOnly", "Both")] | |
[string]$Format | |
) | |
# store default Output Field Separator... | |
$PRESeparator = $OFS | |
$OFS = '' | |
if ($Format -eq "DecimalOnly") { | |
Get-Item $Path | ` | |
Get-Content -Raw | ` | |
ForEach-Object { | |
[System.Text.Encoding]::Default.GetBytes($_) | |
} | |
} | |
else { | |
Get-Item $Path | ` | |
Get-Content -Raw | ` | |
ForEach-Object {[System.Text.Encoding]::Default.GetBytes($_)} | ` | |
ForEach-Object { | |
$DecimalByte = $_ | |
$buffer = [byte[]]::new(8) | |
$bufferLength = $buffer.Length - 1 | |
while ( $bufferLength -ne 0 ) { | |
$Q = $DecimalByte % 2 | |
$buffer[$bufferLength--] = $Q | |
$DecimalByte = [Math]::Floor($DecimalByte * .5) | |
} | |
if ($Format -eq "BinaryOnly") { | |
$Output = "$buffer" | |
} | |
# $Format -eq Both | |
else { | |
$Output = $_.ToString().PadRight(3) + " : $buffer" | |
} | |
$Output | |
} | |
} | |
$OFS = $PRESeparator | |
} |
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