CATFILES

Format: catfiles input_file_list -o output_file [-s segment_break]

Inputs

A list of files to be concatenated and the desired name of the output file.

Outputs

Concatenated output file with filename specified by the user.

Only two input files can be specified when using the optional -s, segment_break, parameter. There is a maximum of 20 input files allowed.

INPUT_FILE_LIST

List of two or more input file names separated by a blank space. Up to 10 file names are allowed.

OUTPUT_FILE

Name of a file to direct output.

SEGMENT_BREAK

This is an optional argument that designates the segment where the 2 input files should be joined. The first file's last packet will be joined to the the first packet of the second input file at the specified segment.

DIVFILE Divide a single packetized file.

MODPKT A binary editor to modify individual mnemonic values in an EDT file.

MOVE_REC Move a range of packets within a packetized file (IN PLACE).

PKX_HEADERS List the headers of a range of packets.

It is helpful to look at these examples in conjunction with the example given for the DIVFILE command.

In the DIVFILE example a packetized file was split into three pieces, isolating the third packet of the file. Assuming this packet should have been the first packet in the dataset, we can recombine the pieces with the following commands:

$ catfiles z.pk2 z.pk1 -o z.tmp

This command takes the first two files and concatenates them in order, putting the 3rd packet at the beginning of the file.

$ catfiles z.tmp z.pk3 -o z.pkx

This command then takes the previous output, and appends the rest of the packets to produce a file (z.pkx) with all the packetized data in a different order.