-- this script is used to convert a source input file into a C header to embed -- that file as a string. Works the same as xxd -i local input = ... local function read_file(file_path) local file = assert(io.open(file_path, "rb")) local content = file:read("*a") file:close() return content end local function generate_c_header(input_file) local function byte_to_hex(byte) return string.format("0x%02x", byte:byte()) end local function sanitize_name(name) return (name:gsub("[^%w_]", "_")) end local data = read_file(input_file) local name = sanitize_name(input_file) local header = {} table.insert(header, string.format("unsigned char %s[] = {", name)) for i = 1, #data do if i % 16 == 1 then table.insert(header, "\n ") end table.insert(header, byte_to_hex(data:sub(i, i))) if i ~= #data then table.insert(header, ", ") end end table.insert(header, "\n};\n") table.insert(header, string.format("unsigned int %s_len = %d;\n", name, #data)) return table.concat(header) end print(generate_c_header(input))