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tools/protoc_utils/decode_log_string.py

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+import binascii
+import os
+import sys
+
+current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+protobuf_py_path = os.path.join(current_dir, '..', '..', 'build', 'protobuf', 'py')
+nanopb_generator_proto_path = os.path.join(current_dir, '..', '..', 'build', 'protobuf', 'proto', 'nanopb', 'generator', 'proto')
+
+# Adding paths to sys.path
+sys.path.append(protobuf_py_path)
+sys.path.append(nanopb_generator_proto_path)
+
+import configuration_pb2  
+
+def convert_string_to_bytes(input_string):
+    # Replace Python-style escape sequences with actual bytes
+    return bytes(input_string, "utf-8").decode("unicode_escape").encode("latin1")
+
+def main():
+ 
+    print(f'Utility to decode the content of an encoded string as copied from the console logs')
+    # Prompt the user to enter the string
+    input_string = input("Enter the protobuf data string: ")
+
+    # Convert the string to bytes
+    binary_data = convert_string_to_bytes(input_string)
+
+    # Parse the binary data
+    message = configuration_pb2.Config()  # Assuming the message type is Configuration
+    message.ParseFromString(binary_data)
+
+    # Now you can access fields of the message
+    print(message)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()