CBOR2COMMENT(1) CBOR2COMMENT(1)

cbor2comment - convert CBOR wire protocol to commented version

cbor2comment test.cbor > test.txt

cbor2comment creates a commented version of an input bytestream. For example, if the input contained the two bytes (in hex) 61 61, the output would be:

  61                -- String, length: 1
    61              -- "a"
0x6161

-: read from stdin instead of a file. This is the default.

-t NUM, --tabsize NUM: the number of 2-space tab indents to move the '--' to the right. Eventually, this will be replaced with an algorithm that takes two passes over the input.

-x [string]: read the input from the hex-encoded string on the command line

-V, --version: print the node-cbor version and exit

-h, --help: print some help text and exit

  • cbor2comment is not built for execution speed or reuse.
  • Make 2 passes over the input.
  • Move the summary hex output to the beginning.

  • node-cbor https://github.com/hildjj/node-cbor
  • RFC 8949 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8949.html

November 2022