Converting byte array to string

Question

I am using ssh2 to execute ls -1 command on remote computer and get response like byte array. I convert to string with function

function ab2str(buf) {
  return String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint16Array(buf));
}

but when I try to split resulted/converted string by newline it doesn't work. (I have tried and asked on stackoverflow how to split and tried all solutions but it doesn't work, different results like add \ at the beginning and similar but doesn't split). I think maybe I convert on wrong way. Did anyone use ssh2 for return and how to convert that array to string.

Your title, code and question do not at all match. What do you want? — Scary Wombat, Feb 20 '14 at 01:53
Take a look at this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3195865/converting-byte-array-to-string-in-javascript — Peshal, Feb 20 '14 at 01:54
I think you have to show your code, because I tried what you said, and it worked fine. The code you did post is fine too. — Kendall Frey, Feb 20 '14 at 01:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 20 '14 at 05:41

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Use Buffer.toString() method on your buf

answered Feb 20 '14 at 05:41

Andrey Sidorov

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