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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by The HDF Group.                                               *
+ * All rights reserved.                                                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the COPYING file, which can be found at the root of the source code       *
+ * distribution tree, or in https://www.hdfgroup.org/licenses.               *
+ * If you do not have access to either file, you may request a copy from     *
+ * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/*
+ This program reads binary output from h5dump (-b option).
+ To use change the following 3 symbols accordingly.
+ For example, to read 2 elements of a float type , define
+
+  #define NELMTS     2
+  #define TYPE       float
+  #define FORMAT     "%f "
+
+*/
+
+#define NELMTS 6
+#define TYPE   int
+#define FORMAT "%d "
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: usage
+ *
+ * Purpose: Prints a usage message on stderr and then returns.
+ *
+ * Return: void
+ *
+ * Programmer:  Pedro Vicente Nunes
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+    fprintf(stderr, "usage: binread FILE_NAME\n");
+}
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: main
+ *
+ * Purpose: main program.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    FILE  *stream;
+    size_t numread;
+    TYPE   buf[NELMTS];
+    size_t i, nelmts = NELMTS;
+    char  *fname = NULL;
+
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        usage();
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    fname = strdup(argv[1]);
+
+    if ((stream = fopen(fname, "rb")) != NULL) {
+        numread = fread(buf, sizeof(TYPE), nelmts, stream);
+        printf("Number of items read = %llu\n", (unsigned long long)numread);
+
+        for (i = 0; i < nelmts; i++) {
+            printf(FORMAT, buf[i]);
+        }
+        printf("\n");
+
+        fclose(stream);
+    }
+    else
+        printf("File %s could not be opened\n", fname);
+
+    free(fname);
+
+    return 0;
+}