if arg[1] == '--help' then print('Usage:') print(' gencharblob.lua source target varname') print('') print('Generates C file with big uint8_t blob.') print('Blob will be stored in a static const array named varname.') os.exit() end assert(#arg == 3) local source_file = arg[1] local target_file = arg[2] local varname = arg[3] source = io.open(source_file, 'r') target = io.open(target_file, 'w') target:write('#include \n\n') target:write(('static const uint8_t %s[] = {\n'):format(varname)) num_bytes = 0 MAX_NUM_BYTES = 15 -- 78 / 5: maximum number of bytes on one line target:write(' ') increase_num_bytes = function() num_bytes = num_bytes + 1 if num_bytes == MAX_NUM_BYTES then num_bytes = 0 target:write('\n ') end end for line in source:lines() do for i = 1,string.len(line) do byte = string.byte(line, i) assert(byte ~= 0) target:write(string.format(' %3u,', byte)) increase_num_bytes() end target:write(string.format(' %3u,', string.byte('\n', 1))) increase_num_bytes() end target:write(' 0};\n') source:close() target:close()