Getting file in hex format - my output vs xxd command output

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I'm trying to write a simple program to generate hex output from file. This is my two.c file:

#include <stdio.h>

int 
main(void) {
    printf("%s\n", "Hello");
    return 0;
}

which was compiled in this way:

 gcc -std=c99 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic-errors two.c -o two

so I have two executable file.

Now, I wrote a program to read that file and show the binary (hexadecimal) output of it. This is my program:

#include <stdio.h>

int 
fileSize(FILE *ptr) {

    int size = 0;
    fseek(ptr, 0, SEEK_END);
    size = ftell(ptr);
    fseek(ptr, 0, SEEK_SET);
    return size;

}

int 
main(void) {

    FILE *fp;
    fp = fopen("two", "rb");
    int sz = fileSize(fp);
    char buff[ sz ];

    if (!fp) 
        printf("%s\n", "Not great at all");

    else 
        while (!feof(fp)) {
            fgets(buff, sz, fp);
            for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
                printf("%02x%02x ", (buff[i] & 0xFF), (buff[i+1] & 0xFF));
                if (!(i % 8))
                    printf("\n");
            }
            printf("\n");
        }

    fclose(fp);

}

And here is huge output of it http://pastebin.com/RVLy6H9B

The problem is, when I use linux command xxd two > two.hex I'm getting completely different output (it's not about formatting) and there is only about 500 lines of bytes, not about 8k like in my output.

xxd output: http://pastebin.com/Gw9wg93g

Where is the problem? Is something wrong with reading function fgets(buff, sz, fp);?

Apr 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Edureka
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