binaryornot Package

binaryornot Package

check Module

binaryornot.check

Main code for checking if a file is binary or text.

binaryornot.check.is_binary(filename)

Parameters:filename – File to check. Returns:True if it’s a binary file, otherwise False.

helpers Module

binaryornot.helpers

Helper utilities used by BinaryOrNot.

binaryornot.helpers.get_starting_chunk(filename, length=1024)

Parameters:

• filename – File to open and get the first little chunk of.
• length – Number of bytes to read, default 1024.

Returns:

Starting chunk of bytes.

binaryornot.helpers.is_binary_string(bytes_to_check)

Parameters:bytes – A chunk of bytes to check. Returns:True if appears to be a binary, otherwise False.

binaryornot.helpers.print_as_hex(s)

Print a string as hex bytes.