# ascii2binary mit Homebrew, apt installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ascii2binary in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ascii2binary
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ascii2binary
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ascii2binary
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: ascii2binary from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ascii2binary
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ascii2binary>
- **Version:** 2.14
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Converting Text to Binary and Back
- **Homepage:** <https://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <http://billposer.org/Software/ascii2binary_man.html>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://www.billposer.org/Software/Downloads/ascii2binary-2.14.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- ascii2binary (cli)
- binary2ascii (cli)
- ascii2binary (Alias)
- binary2ascii (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- gettext

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 2.14
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ascii2binary is a pair of C/POSIX command-line programs, `ascii2binary` and `binary2ascii`, for converting between textual representations of numbers and raw binary values. The upstream page frames them as tools for test data generation, binary-file inspection, and glue between text-producing and binary-consuming programs.

### Projektgeschichte

The official page documents version 2.14 as current, last modified on 2010-08-29. Its changelog starts at version 2.0, when support for long and long long integers was added, and version 2.1 added the companion `binary2ascii` command.

Later 2.x releases focused on practical conversion details: base selection, internationalization, endianness reporting, script-friendly exit codes, long double support, locale-aware thousands separators, type-size reporting, and packaging-oriented header-name cleanup.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The upstream downloads section links not only tarballs but also Debian, FreeBSD FreshPorts, Open Package, OpenSolaris, SUSE RPM, and Ubuntu package pages. The input package facts show current Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu package-manager coverage.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users pipe whitespace-separated textual numbers into `ascii2binary` with flags selecting base and type, then pipe binary data into `binary2ascii` to inspect or reformat it. The official examples show hexadecimal-to-binary conversion, binary-to-hex/binary display, floating-point inspection, width and zero-padding controls, and locale conversion from German to American English number formatting.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

This is a classic small Unix filter package: narrow purpose, POSIX C implementation, man pages, no credentials, no runtime config, and behavior that matters in scripts. Its fine-grained exit codes and locale/type-size options are the sort of details downstream users notice when a converter becomes part of test fixtures or data pipelines.

### Zeitleiste

- 2007-02: Official ascii2binary man page timestamp.
- 2.0: Adds support for long and long long integers.
- 2.1: Adds binary2ascii to the package.
- 2.3: Programs become fully internationalized with a French translation.
- 2.7: Exit codes are redefined for script-friendly error classes.
- 2.11: Locale-aware numeric conversion is added.
- 2010-08: Official page lists version 2.14 as current and last modified.

### Related projects

- strtod, strtoll, and strtoull are the C library conversion functions named in the official man page.
- Downstream package links on the official page include Debian, FreeBSD FreshPorts, Open Package, OpenSolaris, SUSE RPMs, and Ubuntu.

### Quellen

- <http://billposer.org/Software/Ascii2BinaryChangeLog.html>
- <http://billposer.org/Software/ascii2binary_man.html>
- <https://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ascii2binary
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - ascii2binary - 2.14-1.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ascii2binary from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Convert between ASCII, hexadecimal and binary representations | http://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html
- Ubuntu apt - ascii2binary - 2.14-1.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ascii2binary from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Convert between ASCII, hexadecimal and binary representations | http://billposer.org/Software/a2b.html


## Verwandte Links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [remarshal](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/remarshal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-conversion, developer-tools.
- [dhall-toml](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dhall-toml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-conversion, developer-tools.
- [dhall-yaml](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/dhall-yaml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-conversion, developer-tools.
- [hexedit](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/hexedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ascii, binary, cli, developer-tools.
- [json2tsv](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/json2tsv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data-conversion, developer-tools.
- [ascii](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ascii/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ascii, cli, developer-tools.
- [base16384](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/base16384/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary, cli, developer-tools.
- [bgrep](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bgrep/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary, cli, developer-tools.
- [uni2ascii](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/uni2ascii/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ascii, cli, conversion, developer, developer-tools.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ascii2binary.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ascii2binary.yml)


## Quellen

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph