read a binary file to find its type

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atux_null
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Nov-22-2017, 08:43 PM (This post was last modified: Nov-22-2017, 08:43 PM by atux_null.)

thanks a lot for the replies. I am looking for jpeg files and the values are:
FF, D8, FF in hex and 255, 216, 255 in integers. taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures
now i have

b'\xff\xd8\xff'

how do i show that one in each line and next to hex have the conversion to integer, please?

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RE: read a binary file to find its type - by atux_null - Nov-22-2017, 08:43 PM

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