new_contents: import sys
  import re
  import json
  import base64
  from binascii import a2b_base64,hexlify
  
  # cd sli/acceptance-tests
  # find . -name *.json | xargs -I file python ~/wgen/SLI/sli/config/scripts/sharding/binary-to-string.py file
  
  fixture_lines = []
  
  if len(sys.argv) == 2:
      fixture_file = open(sys.argv[1])
      fixture_lines = fixture_file.read().splitlines()
      fixture_file.close()
  else:
      exit(0)
  
  def toJUUID(base64str):
      hexstr = hexlify(a2b_base64(base64str))
      msb = hexstr[:16]
      lsb = hexstr[16:32]
  
      msb = msb[14:16] + msb[12:14] + msb[10:12] + msb[8:10] + msb[6:8] + msb[4:6] + msb[2:4] + msb[0:2]
      lsb = lsb[14:16] + lsb[12:14] + lsb[10:12] + lsb[8:10] + lsb[6:8] + lsb[4:6] + lsb[2:4] + lsb[0:2]
      hexstr = msb+lsb
  
      return hexstr[0:8] + "-" + hexstr[8:12] + "-" + hexstr[12:16] + "-" + hexstr[16:20] + "-" + hexstr[20:32]
  
  
  id_regex = re.compile(r'{\s*"\$binary"\s*:\s*"([a-zA-Z0-9=/+]*)"\s*,\s*"\$type"\s*:\s*"03"\s*}')
  outfile = open(sys.argv[1], 'w')
  for line in fixture_lines:
      match = id_regex.search(line)
      #print "%s | %s" % (match.group(1), base64.b64decode(match.group(1).encode()))
      #print "%s | %s" % (match.group(1), hexlify(a2b_base64(match.group(1))))
      #print "%s - %s" % (match.group(1), toJUUID(match.group(1)))
      if match != None:
          outfile.write(line.replace(match.group(0), '"' + toJUUID(match.group(1)) + '"') + '\n')
  outfile.close()
  
subject: Add script to convert binary UUIDs in fixture data to strings.