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+'''
+Converts a binary file into JSON.
+
+This lets you transform a binary file into something you can
+easily bundle inside a web page.
+
+Usage: file2json.py FILENAME VARNAME
+
+FILENAME - the binary file
+VARNAME - the variable to store it in (the output will be VARNAME = [...])
+'''
+
+import os, sys
+
+data = open(sys.argv[1], 'r').read()
+sdata = map(lambda x: str(ord(x)) + ',', data)
+sdata[-1] = sdata[-1].replace(',', '')
+lined = []
+while len(sdata) > 0:
+  lined += sdata[:30]
+  sdata = sdata[30:]
+  if len(sdata) > 0:
+    lined += ['\n']
+json = '[' + ''.join(lined) + ']'
+
+print 'var ' + sys.argv[2] + '=' + json + ';'
+