Converts a binary file into echo commands which can be copy/pasted into a malfunctioning system

bashbin.py

from __future__ import print_function

filename = "busybox"
output = "busybox"
group = 200

with open(filename, 'rb') as file:
        print("echo -en '' > %s" % output)

        print("echo -en $'", end="")
        idx = 0

        while True:
                byte = file.read(1)

                if len(byte) == 0:
                        break

                chr = hex(ord(byte))

                if chr == '0x0':
                        print("\\\\0000", end="")
                elif chr == '0x5c':
                        print("\\x5c\\x5c", end="")
                elif len(chr) == 3:
                        print("\\x0%s" % chr[-1:], end="")
                else:
                        print("\\x%s" % chr[-2:], end="")

                if idx % group == 0:
                        print("' >> %s" % output)
                        print("echo -en $'", end="")

                idx = idx + 1

        print("' >> %s" % output)