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title: Install bin2src on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of bin2src for Linux - Convert bytes to source
  code
url: https://snapcraft.io/bin2src
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# bin2src

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latest/stable 0.1.1

Install latest/stable of bin2src

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install bin2src
```

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### Package name

* bin2src

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 10 April 2019 - latest/stable
* 10 April 2019 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/timClicks/bin2src](https://github.com/timClicks/bin2src "https://github.com/timClicks/bin2src")

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### Contact

* [tim.mcnamara@canonical.com](mailto:tim.mcnamara@canonical.com "mailto:tim.mcnamara@canonical.com")

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/bin2src#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/bin2src#tab-security)

#### Convert bytes to source code

**About**

`bin2src` takes an input stream of bytes and converts
that into source code. That source code version of the
input can then be easily embedded into your project with Copy+Paste.

**Usage**

Read bytes from STDIN and write them to STDOUT:

```
 $ echo "hello" | bin2src
 \x68\x65\x6c\x6c\x6f\x0a
```

Note that there is no need to convert your input bytes to a plain text encoding:

```
 $ head -c 10 /dev/urandom | bin2src
 \x30\xc7\x18\x67\x5b\xc3\x7b\x7d\x12\xcd
```

The primary purpose of `bin2src` is to facilitate embedding binary blobs into software source code.

To specify an output format, use the `-f` option ("f" for format):

```
 $ head -c 10 /dev/urandom | bin2src -f python
 DATA = """\x22\x82\x2d\xd4\xb8\x8c\x36\xb4\x35\x21"""
```

If you would like to change the variable name, use the `-a` option ("a" is a common mathematical variable):

```
 $ head -c 10 /dev/urandom | bin2src -f python -a RAND_BYTES
 RAND_BYTES = """\xf5\xde\x5e\xdc\x66\xeb\x89\x24\x13\xd5"""
```

Other options are available. See the full list by running `bin2src --help`.

**Supported output formats**

* plaintext (default)
* go
* rust
* python

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## Install bin2src on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/bin2src/raspbian)