Python script to convert bin to txt and back

scripts/convert_bin

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import struct
+import re
+
+def print_usage():
+    print("usage: convert_bin <bin2txt|txt2bin> <input_file> <output_file> <K>")
+
+if len(sys.argv)!=5:
+    print_usage()
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+if sys.argv[1]=="bin2txt":
+    direction="bin2txt"
+elif sys.argv[1]=="txt2bin":
+    direction="txt2bin"
+else:
+    print_usage()
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
+if direction=="txt2bin":
+    inf=open(sys.argv[2],"r")
+    out=open(sys.argv[3],"wb")
+elif direction=="bin2txt":
+    inf=open(sys.argv[2],"rb")
+    out=open(sys.argv[3],"w")
+
+K=int(sys.argv[4])
+
+counter=0
+
+if direction=="txt2bin":
+    # read
+    entries={}
+    for line in inf.readlines():
+        # remove double spaces
+        line=re.sub('  *',' ',line)
+        # remove initial spaces
+        line=re.sub('^ ','',line)
+        nums=line.split(" ")
+        kx=int(nums[0])
+        ky=int(nums[1])
+        Re=float(nums[2])
+        im=float(nums[3])
+        entries[str(kx)+","+str(ky)]=[Re,im]
+    # write
+    for kx in range(0,K+1):
+        for ky in range(-K,K+1):
+            # ignore kx<0
+            if (kx>0 or (kx==0 and ky>0)):
+                # print if exists
+                if str(kx)+","+str(ky) in entries:
+                    out.write(struct.pack('dd',entries[str(kx)+","+str(ky)][0],entries[str(kx)+","+str(ky)][1]))
+                else:
+                    # otherwise 0
+                    out.write(struct.pack('dd',0.,0.))
+
+
+elif direction=="bin2txt":
+    for kx in range(0,K+1):
+        for ky in range(-K,K+1):
+            # ignore kx<0
+            if (kx>0 or (kx==0 and ky>0)) :
+                entry=struct.unpack('dd',inf.read(16))
+                print(kx,ky,entry[0],entry[1],file=out)
+
+inf.close()
+out.close()
+