Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Mohammed Sameer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

* Package name    : ascii2binary
  Version         : 2.11
  Upstream Author : William J. Poser ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* URL             : http://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Convert between textual representations of numbers and 
binary

These programs convert between textual and binary representations of numbers. 
ascii2binary reads input consisting of textual representations of numbers 
separated by whitespace and produces as output the binary equivalents. The type 
and precision of the binary output is selected using command line flags.
binary2ascii reads input consisting of binary numbers and converts them to 
their textual representation. Command line flags specify the type and size of 
the binary numbers and provide control over the format of the output. Unsigned 
integers may be written out in binary, octal, decimal, or hexadecimal. Signed 
integers may be written out only in binary or decimal. Floating point numbers 
may be written out only decimal, either in standard or scientific notation. (If 
you want to examine the binary representation of floating point numbers, just 
treat the input as a sequence of unsigned characters.)
The two programs are useful for generating test data, for inspecting binary 
files, and for interfacing programs that generate textual output to programs 
that require binary input and conversely. They can also be useful when it is 
desired to reformat numbers.

-- System Information:
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-Vader1
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

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