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diff --git a/awklib/eg/lib/bits2str.awk b/awklib/eg/lib/bits2str.awk
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+# bits2str --- turn a byte into readable 1's and 0's
+
+function bits2str(bits,        data, mask)
+{
+    if (bits == 0)
+        return "0"
+
+    mask = 1
+    for (; bits != 0; bits = rshift(bits, 1))
+        data = (and(bits, mask) ? "1" : "0") data
+
+    while ((length(data) % 8) != 0)
+        data = "0" data
+
+    return data
+}