macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
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ascii2binary mit Homebrew, apt installieren
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Installation
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Linux
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install ascii2binaryDebian stable package indexes · ascii2binary · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Converting Text to Binary and Back
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- ascii2binary
- binary2ascii
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
ascii2binary is a pair of C/POSIX command-line programs, `ascii2binary` and `binary2ascii`, for converting between textual representations of numbers and raw binary values. The upstream page frames them as tools for test data generation, binary-file inspection, and glue between text-producing and binary-consuming programs.
Projektgeschichte
The official page documents version 2.14 as current, last modified on 2010-08-29. Its changelog starts at version 2.0, when support for long and long long integers was added, and version 2.1 added the companion `binary2ascii` command.
Later 2.x releases focused on practical conversion details: base selection, internationalization, endianness reporting, script-friendly exit codes, long double support, locale-aware thousands separators, type-size reporting, and packaging-oriented header-name cleanup.
Adoptionsgeschichte
The upstream downloads section links not only tarballs but also Debian, FreeBSD FreshPorts, Open Package, OpenSolaris, SUSE RPM, and Ubuntu package pages. The input package facts show current Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu package-manager coverage.
Wie es verwendet wird
Users pipe whitespace-separated textual numbers into `ascii2binary` with flags selecting base and type, then pipe binary data into `binary2ascii` to inspect or reformat it. The official examples show hexadecimal-to-binary conversion, binary-to-hex/binary display, floating-point inspection, width and zero-padding controls, and locale conversion from German to American English number formatting.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
This is a classic small Unix filter package: narrow purpose, POSIX C implementation, man pages, no credentials, no runtime config, and behavior that matters in scripts. Its fine-grained exit codes and locale/type-size options are the sort of details downstream users notice when a converter becomes part of test fixtures or data pipelines.
Zeitleiste
- 2007-02: Official ascii2binary man page timestamp.
- 2.0: Adds support for long and long long integers.
- 2.1: Adds binary2ascii to the package.
- 2.3: Programs become fully internationalized with a French translation.
- 2.7: Exit codes are redefined for script-friendly error classes.
- 2.11: Locale-aware numeric conversion is added.
- 2010-08: Official page lists version 2.14 as current and last modified.
Related projects
- strtod, strtoll, and strtoull are the C library conversion functions named in the official man page.
- Downstream package links on the official page include Debian, FreeBSD FreshPorts, Open Package, OpenSolaris, SUSE RPMs, and Ubuntu.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.
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Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
ascii2binary | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
binary2ascii | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-08-03
Manager-Version2.14
Manager aktualisiert
lokale Datenunbekannt
Upstreamnicht verfügbar
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
- OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:ascii2binary |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.14 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
ascii2binary 2.14-1.1+b1
Convert between ASCII, hexadecimal and binary representations
http://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html
sudo apt install ascii2binary- Section: misc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: ascii2binary
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Ascii2binary
Ubuntu apt95%
ascii2binary 2.14-1.1
Convert between ASCII, hexadecimal and binary representations
http://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html
sudo apt install ascii2binary- Section: universe/misc
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Ascii2binary
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation