detect endianness of a binary with python

Grant Edwards invalid at invalid.invalid
Wed Jul 21 10:02:16 EDT 2010


On 2010-07-21, Holger brunck <holger.brunck at keymile.com> wrote:

> I use python 2.5 and I am looking for a possibility to determine a
> file type. Especially the endianness of a file is needed for me. Is
> there a way to detect this easily in python?

Only if you already know what's going to be in the file.

> Something like the "file" utility for linux would be very helpfull.
>
> Any help is appreciated.

You're going to have to describe in detail what's in the file before
anybody can help.

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