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 > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
