Match a hex string in a binary file in python

Question

I read this post regarding openning a file in binary format: Reading binary file in Python and looping over each byte

How can I match a string (as hex value) with a binary file in python: as an example, i want to match this in a binary file

00e4009a00ea00ff00a800cd00930018006b00e10067000e00e0002c00710045

How can i compare that with the content in the binary file?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '13 at 19:33

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Turn the hexadecimal data into binary before matching:

import binascii

pattern = "00e4009a00ea00ff00a800cd00930018006b00e10067000e00e0002c00710045"

if binascii.unhexlify(pattern) in binary_file_contents:
    pass

answered Aug 01 '13 at 19:33

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