Golang : Convert an executable file into []byte example
This small utility program will read an executable file(or just any file) and convert the content into a []byte
slice. For our learning purpose, we will write a simple Hello World program using C language and convert the executable file a.out
into []byte
slice.
Here you go!
HelloWorld.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
and after compiling with gcc
, we will get small a.out
executable file. The Golang program below will convert the executable file to []byte
slice, which we will use for the next tutorial...which is about giving birth to another program during runtime.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
file, err := ioutil.ReadFile("a.out")
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// get the size of file
size := len(file)
// out the file content
fmt.Print("[]byte{")
for k, v := range file {
fmt.Print(v)
if k < size-1 {
fmt.Print(",")
}
}
fmt.Print("}")
}
See also : Golang : A program that contain another program and executes it during run-time
By Adam Ng(黃武俊)
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