BERDECODE(1)

📦 version 1.3.1, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

🦋 berdecode — the manual, bestie edition 💅

okay so real talk, this is berdecode(1) from the [FIXME: manual] manual, and we're about to make BER decoding make sense. periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

berdecode — decode BER encoded data 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

berdecode [-s bytestostrip] [-strip bytestostrip] [-d] [-debug]
          [-t tablefilename] [-table tablefilename] [filename] [-]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So basically 💖 this program reads a binary ASN.1 grammar file that was generated by snacc -T, and then it uses that grammar file to decode ASN.1 BER encoded data — from files, or straight from stdin, no cap.

And here's the lil quirk you gotta know: for every single message, the first <bytestostrip> bytes get skipped. Default is 2 bytes, fr fr. That's just the vibe.

Flag -d gives you extra info while it's decoding — like it's narrating its own little journey. 🦋

🫶 tiny history moment: this manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program only has a README file. no manpage, just a README. iconic behavior tbh.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Alsoooo, pls install the snacc-doc package if you want more info on snacc. it's giving homework but make it helpful 📚✨

✨ AUTHOR ✨

This manual page was written by W. Martin Borgert (<debacle@debian.org>) for the Debian GNU/Linux system. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. 🎀

✨ AUTHOR ✨

W. Martin Borgert

  • Author.

Copyright © 2000 W. Martin Borgert

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this one came from [FIXME: source] and it's dated 2000-04-25 — a true vintage icon 👑🌸 now go decode something slay 💅✨

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