binutils "strings" like functionality?

[Larry Bates]

Take a look at python's struct module in the standard library.
Many people use it to manipulate binary objects at the byte
level with great success.

Larry Bates


cjl wrote:
> Hey all:
> 
> I am working on a little script that needs to pull the strings out of a
> binary file, and then manipulate them with python.
> 
> The command line utility "strings" (part of binutils) has exactly the
> functionality I need, but I was thinking about trying to implement this
> in pure python.
> 
> I did some reading on opening and reading binary files, etc., and was
> just wondering if people think this is possible, or worth my time (as a
> learning exercise), or if something like this already exists.
> 
> -cjl
>