---
name: "enber"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "asn1c"
version: "0.9.28+dfsg-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/enber"
---

# enber(1)

## NAME

enber -- Convert the unber XML output back into BER

## SYNOPSIS

enber \[**-n**\] \[**-**\] \[*input-filenames*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

enber converts the XML-formatted files produced by [`unber`(1)](/unber/1.md) back into the BER format. A single dash denotes the standard input.

## OPTIONS

- **-n**

  Disable input validation. By default, enber performs some basic validity checks against XML input.

## EXAMPLES

Decode a BER sequence and immediately encode it back

unber **-p** *filename.ber* \| enber **-** \> *reconstructed.ber*

## FOOTNOTES

This program does not attempt to perform full-fledged XML parsing. It is merely compatible with [`unber`(1)](/unber/1.md)'s output. In particular, the XML style comments are not supported. A hash "**#**" or two dashes "**--**" following a whitespace is treated as a beginning of a comment line, which is ignored completely. Empty lines are ignored as well.

The following example [`enber`(1)](/enber/1.md) input demonstrates the use of comments:

\<C O="0" T="\[1\]" TL="2" V="2"\>

    \<I O="2" T="\[1\]" TL="2" V="Indefinite"\>

    **--** \</I O="4" T="\[UNIVERSAL 0\]" L="4"\>

    **#** Do not terminate:

    **#** the absence of end-of-content octets is intentional!

\</C O="6" T="\[1\]" L="6"\>

## SEE ALSO

[`unber`(1)](/unber/1.md), [`asn1c`(1)](/asn1c/1.md).

## AUTHORS

Lev Walkin \<vlm@lionet.info\>.