Tool to uncat file

[Matthew Seaman]

Polytropon wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> before starting to code on my own, I'd like to ask if there's already a
> tool to uncat files, defining the file separation position as a string
> of bytes, usually given in hexadecimal form.
> 
> An example could be this:
> 
> 	% uncat -p 0x12,0x52,0xf1,0x09 file_orig
> 
> It creates file_1 file_2 file_3. And, of course,
> 
> 	% cat file_1 file_2 file_3 > file_orig
> 
> would re-create the original file. The bytes 0x12,0x52,0xf1,0x09 tell the
> file starting pattern (-p), where a new file begins.
> 
> I cannot use dd due to the fact that the files concatenated are of a
> different size. So the idea would be to look for specific byte pattern
> and then start a new file each time it occurs on input.
> 
> Is there such a tool, or any other ideas?

csplit(1)

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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