Re: host endianness

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 09:44:35AM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
 > > echo -n 'C!' | od -h | sed 's/[^1234]*//;s/2143/4321/p;d'
 > 
 > Host shells might not support "echo -n", so please use printf "%s" "C!"
 > instead.

Why not just printf "C!"? However,

   echo 'C!' | od -N 2 -h | sed 's/[^1234]*//;s/2143/4321/p;d'

is somewhat tidier.

 > Also, the above assumes an ascii-compatible environment on the
 > cross-build host, and I don't know whether other parts of the build
 > already assume that.

I suppose that calls for

   printf '\x43\x21' | od -h | sed 's/[^1234]*//;s/2143/4321/p;d'

although I doubt that very much will work on a non-ascii host. Might
be amusing to try if anyone has one though...

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost