Re: Is there a tool to convert decimal/octal/hex ?

[Reg Clemens]

>  On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 11:46:21AM -0600, clemens(a)dwf.com wrote:
>  > I seem to remember that there used to be a tool in Linux to
>  > convert between decimal and octal and Hex, but I havent 
>  > stumbled over it in my recent search.
>  
>  There are plenty of open source programs like "hexcalc" which you
>  can run on X displays, or desktop accessories for Gnome or KDE.
>  Follow your menu bar...
>  
>  However, the old school way is to use "dc", the UNIX "desktop
>  calculator".  It uses Reverse Polish Notation, so some prefer "bc"
>  instead (which historically was just a front end to dc).  These are
>  probably on almost every variant of UNIX out there.
>  
>  Example:
>  
>  sprite;~[102]> dc
>  33 16 o p
>  21
>  16 i A o FFFF343 p
>  268432195
>  
>  Remember, the UNIX folks of 30 years ago had 10 cps teletypes, so
>  terseness was a great virtue.  The same in bc:
>  
>  sprite;~[103]> bc
>  obase=16
>  33
>  21
>  ibase=16
>  obase=A
>  FFFF343
>  268432195
>  
>  Note that hex numbers require capital A-F, since the lowercase
>  versions denote some internal operations in bc.
>  
>  Romain
>  
>   
Bingo.
Thanks, that will do it.
I remember having an old hex calculator, but thinking back, bc is
the way I did it.

Which is good, since I dont use gnome (which has been suggested)

Thanks again.
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                                        Reg.Clemens
                                        reg(a)dwf.com