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catafest



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catafest 27 Dec 2011, 11:36
Hi ...
I try understand how is best way to read from file under linux .
The file is like the example bellow :
Code:
12 23
23 34
45 22 
34 45 
    

Also is need to use this infos in a loop .
Thank you for help .
Regards .
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ProphetOfDoom



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ProphetOfDoom 30 Dec 2011, 11:57
Hullo. This is using libc functions (I don't know any other way to do it). It loops through all the integers in "test.txt" and prints them to the console.

Code:
format elf

extrn 'fopen' as fopen:dword
extrn 'feof' as feof:dword
extrn 'fscanf' as fscanf:dword
extrn 'printf' as printf:dword
extrn 'exit' as exit:dword

public main

section '.data' writable

file_ptr rd 1
integer rd 1
file_name db "test.txt",0
mode db "r",0
fmt_in db " %d ",0
fmt_out db "Read number %d",10,0

section '.text' executable

main:

push mode
push file_name
call fopen
add esp, 8
mov [file_ptr], eax

.loop_start:

push [file_ptr]
call feof
add esp, 4
cmp eax, 0
jnz .exit_loop

push integer
push fmt_in
push [file_ptr]
call fscanf
add esp, 12

push [integer]
push fmt_out
call printf
add esp, 8

jmp .loop_start

.exit_loop:

push 0
call exit
    


To assemble, link, run:

Code:
fasm read.asm
gcc read.o -lc
./a.out
    


Note: It fails for an empty file. I believe you can determine the size of the file using other libc calls but that would need a fair bit more code.
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catafest



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catafest 31 Dec 2011, 08:21
I will test it today.
I was thinking the source code in assembler, but I use the example with functions.
Thank you. Regards.
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catafest



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catafest 07 Jan 2012, 10:17
The code is working well . I have a question about the compiling file.
Why the output is named with "a.out" ?
How i set the name of output file ? (gcc)
Thank you.
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ProphetOfDoom



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ProphetOfDoom 07 Jan 2012, 11:25
Hi,

I believe it's called a.out by convention because originally in Unix it was the "assembler output" i.e. the "output from the assembler" (tho not in this case obviously). Also old Unix systems tended to be scheduled to delete all files called a.out once a day, so it was a way of letting the system know the file is not needed.

To give a different name use the -o option.

Code:
gcc read.o -o name -lc
    


Happy coding Smile
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