tests/od/od-endian.sh

#!/bin/sh
# verify that od --endian works properly

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. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
print_ver_ od

in='0123456789abcdef'

NL='
'

# rev(1) is not generally available, so here's a simplistic
# implementation sufficient for our purposes.
rev() {
  while read line; do
    printf '%s' "$line" | sed "s/./&\\$NL/g" | tac | paste -s -d ''
  done
}

in_swapped() { printf '%s' "$in" | sed "s/.\{$1\}/&\\$NL/g" | rev |tr -d '\n'; }

for e in little big; do
  test $e = little && eo=big || eo=little
  for s in 1 2 4 8 16; do
    for t in x f; do
      od -t $t$s --endian=$e /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || continue
      printf '%s' "$in" | od -An -t $t$s --endian=$e  > out1
      in_swapped  "$s"  | od -An -t $t$s --endian=$eo > out2
      compare out1 out2 || fail=1
    done
  done
done

Exit $fail