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Remove useless bytes from a file
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| #!/bin/python3 | |
| import os | |
| import argparse | |
| from pathlib import Path | |
| def remove_useless_bytes(file_path, file_destination_path, num_bytes_to_remove): | |
| # Check if the file exists | |
| if not file_path.exists(): | |
| print(f"File {file_path} does not exist") | |
| return | |
| # Read the file | |
| with open(file_path, 'rb') as file: | |
| data = file.read() | |
| # Remove the beginning number of bytes | |
| data = data[num_bytes_to_remove:] | |
| # Write the file | |
| with open(file_destination_path, 'wb') as file: | |
| file.write(data) | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| # Parse the arguments | |
| parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = "Remove useless bytes from a file") | |
| parser.add_argument("-f", "--file_path", | |
| type = Path, | |
| required = True, | |
| help = "Path to the file to process") | |
| parser.add_argument("-d", "--file_destination_path", | |
| type = Path, | |
| required = True, | |
| help = "Path to the file destination") | |
| parser.add_argument("-n", "--num_bytes_to_remove", | |
| type = int, | |
| required = True, | |
| help = "Number of bytes to remove") | |
| args = parser.parse_args() | |
| # Remove the useless bytes | |
| remove_useless_bytes(args.file_path, args.file_destination_path, args.num_bytes_to_remove) |
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