STRFILE

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

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 network 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.  

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