--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
+ echo Usage: $0 file
+fi
+
+size_dec=`stat -c "%s" $1`
+size_hex_echo_string=`printf "%08x" $size_dec |
+ sed 's/\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)\(..\)/\\\\x\4\\\\x\3\\\\x\2\\\\x\1/g'`
+/bin/echo -ne $size_hex_echo_string