Add simple boxtotxt tool

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/boxtotxt/main.go b/boxtotxt/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Usage = func() {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage: boxtotxt in.box\n")
+		flag.PrintDefaults()
+	}
+	flag.Parse()
+	if flag.NArg() != 1 {
+		flag.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Open(flag.Arg(0))
+	defer f.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not open file %s: %v\n", flag.Arg(0), err)
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		t := scanner.Text()
+		s := strings.Split(t, "")
+		if len(s) < 1 {
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("%s", s[0])
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("\n")
+}