Added AMI PFAT RSA 3K signed blocks support

Added AMI PFAT nested detection at each file

Added Award BIOS payload naming at each file

Switched Panasonic BIOS LZNT1 external library

Improved Panasonic LZNT1 detection and length

Improved Dell PFS code structure and fixed bugs

Improved code exception handling (raise, catch)

Improved code definitions (PEP8, docs, types)

Fixed some arguments missing from help screens

common/text_ops.py

@@ -1,33 +1,48 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#coding=utf-8
+#!/usr/bin/env python3 -B
+# coding=utf-8
 
 """
-Copyright (C) 2022 Plato Mavropoulos
+Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Plato Mavropoulos
 """
 
-# Generate padding (spaces or tabs)
+
 def padder(padd_count, tab=False):
+    """ Generate padding (spaces or tabs) """
+
     return ('\t' if tab else ' ') * padd_count
 
-# Get String from given input object
+
 def to_string(in_object, sep_char=''):
-    if type(in_object).__name__ in ('list','tuple'):
+    """ Get String from given input object """
+
+    if type(in_object).__name__ in ('list', 'tuple'):
         out_string = sep_char.join(map(str, in_object))
     else:
         out_string = str(in_object)
-    
+
     return out_string
 
-# Get Bytes from given buffer or file path
+
 def file_to_bytes(in_object):
+    """ Get Bytes from given buffer or file path """
+
     object_bytes = in_object
-    
-    if type(in_object).__name__ not in ('bytes','bytearray'):
+
+    if type(in_object).__name__ not in ('bytes', 'bytearray'):
         with open(to_string(in_object), 'rb') as object_data:
             object_bytes = object_data.read()
-    
+
     return object_bytes
 
-# Check if string starts and ends with given character(s)
+
+def bytes_to_hex(buffer: bytes, order: str, data_len: int, slice_len: int | None = None) -> str:
+    """ Converts bytes to hex string, controlling endianess, data size and string slicing """
+
+    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+    return f'{int.from_bytes(buffer, order):0{data_len * 2}X}'[:slice_len]
+
+
 def is_encased(in_string, chars):
+    """ Check if string starts and ends with given character(s) """
+
     return in_string.startswith(chars) and in_string.endswith(chars)