scripts/file2hex.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

# This converts a file to a list of hex characters which can then
# be included to a source file.
# Optionally, the output can be compressed if needed.

import argparse
import codecs
import gzip
import io


def parse_args():
    global args

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=__doc__,
        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)

    parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", required=True, help="Input file")
    parser.add_argument("-g", "--gzip", action="store_true",
                        help="Compress the file using gzip before output")
    parser.add_argument("-t", "--gzip-mtime", type=int, default=0,
                         nargs='?', const=None,
                        help="""mtime seconds in the gzip header.
                        Defaults to zero to keep builds deterministic. For
                        current date and time (= "now") use this option
                        without any value.""")
    args = parser.parse_args()


def get_nice_string(list_or_iterator):
    return ", ".join("0x" + str(x) for x in list_or_iterator)


def make_hex(chunk):
    hexdata = codecs.encode(chunk, 'hex').decode("utf-8")
    hexlist = map(''.join, zip(*[iter(hexdata)] * 2))
    print(get_nice_string(hexlist) + ',')


def main():
    parse_args()

    if args.gzip:
        with io.BytesIO() as content:
            with open(args.file, 'rb') as fg:
                with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=content, mode='w',
                                   mtime=args.gzip_mtime,
                                   compresslevel=9) as gz_obj:
                    gz_obj.write(fg.read())

            content.seek(0)
            for chunk in iter(lambda: content.read(8), b''):
                make_hex(chunk)
    else:
        with open(args.file, "rb") as fp:
            for chunk in iter(lambda: fp.read(8), b''):
                make_hex(chunk)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()