import argparse import sys from base58 import b58decode, b58decode_check, b58encode, b58encode_check def main(): '''Base58 encode or decode FILE, or standard input, to standard output.''' stdout = sys.stdout.buffer parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=main.__doc__) parser.add_argument( 'file', metavar='FILE', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('r'), default='-') parser.add_argument( '-d', '--decode', action='store_true', help='decode data') parser.add_argument( '-c', '--check', action='store_true', help='append a checksum before encoding') args = parser.parse_args() fun = { (False, False): b58encode, (False, True): b58encode_check, (True, False): b58decode, (True, True): b58decode_check }[(args.decode, args.check)] data = args.file.buffer.read() try: result = fun(data) except Exception as e: sys.exit(e) stdout.write(result) if __name__ == '__main__': main()