sourCEntral - mobile manpages

pdf

STRFILE(8) BSD System Manager’s Manual STRFILE(8)

NAME

strfile, unstr — create a random access file for storing strings

SYNOPSIS

strfile [−iorsx] [−c char] source_file [output_file]
unstr
source_file

DESCRIPTION

strfile reads a file containing groups of lines separated by a line containing a single percent ‘%’ sign and creates a data file which contains a header structure and a table of file offsets for each group of lines. This allows random access of the strings.

The output file, if not specified on the command line, is named source_file.dat.

The options are as follows:

−c char

Change the delimiting character from the percent sign to char.

−i

Ignore case when ordering the strings.

−o

Order the strings in alphabetical order. The offset table will be sorted in the alphabetical order of the groups of lines referenced. Any initial non-alphanumeric characters are ignored. This option causes the STR_ORDERED bit in the header str_flags field to be set.

−r

Randomize access to the strings. Entries in the offset table will be randomly ordered. This option causes the STR_RANDOM bit in the header str_flags field to be set.

−s

Run silently; don’t give a summary message when finished.

−x

Note that each alphabetic character in the groups of lines is rotated 13 positions in a simple caesar cypher. This option causes the STR_ROTATED bit in the header str_flags field to be set.

The format of the header is:

#define VERSION 1

unsigned long

str_version;

/* version number */

unsigned long

str_numstr;

/* # of strings in the file */

unsigned long

str_longlen;

/* length of longest string */

unsigned long

str_shortlen;

/* length of shortest string */

#define

STR_RANDOM

0x1

/* randomized pointers */

#define

STR_ORDERED

0x2

/* ordered pointers */

#define

STR_ROTATED

0x4

/* rot-13’d text */

unsigned long

str_flags;

/* bit field for flags */

char str_delim;

/* delimiting character */

All fields are written in big-endian byte order.

The purpose of unstr is to undo the work of strfile. It prints out the strings contained in the file source_file in the order that they are listed in the header file source_file.dat to standard output. It is possible to create sorted versions of input files by using −o when strfile is run and then using unstr to dump them out in the table order.

SEE ALSO

byteorder(3), fortune(6)

FILES
strfile.dat

default output file.

HISTORY

The strfile utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD June 9, 1993 BSD

pdf