topic Re: HEX in Operating System - HP-UX

HEX

Nobody's Hero — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:32:47 GMT

Is there a UNIX commonsd that can convert hex to decimal? I need it bad, I can't remember and I have no calculator. Im a baby boomer. Wnt through school with a calc.

Re: HEX

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:37:38 GMT

check this link out:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x8b80dfe5920fd5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Later,
Bill

Re: HEX

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:38:22 GMT

here, the link corrected:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xe6c56af52b04d5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Later,
Bill

Re: HEX

Rita C Workman — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:47:43 GMT

Hi Robert,

And just so you have options (and a calculator)...

If you have a workstation with CDE..take a look at the toolbar. On the right side the icon in the middle (looks like a box with a ruler & calculator in it) is the Applications Manager. Click on this and then on Desktop Apps and you'll see a calculator. It's what I often use to convert hex/dec.

Rgrds,
Rita

Re: HEX

Krishna Prasad — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:11:01 GMT

Try xd and od.

I think what you want is xd -s filename.

If this doesn't work try the man pages for xd an od.

Re: HEX

Jdamian — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:29:03 GMT

You can use printf command or bc command.
In the next both examples the 250 number is printed:

printf "%d\n" 0xfA
echo "ibase=16; "FA | bc

notices:
1. printf command needs the hex value preceeded by 0x prefix.

2. printf is not case sensitive.

3. Instead printf, bc is case sensitive for hex values. Look the uppercase letters in second example.

Re: HEX

Darrell Allen — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:59:22 GMT

Hi Robert,

Windows PCs have a calculator that has a scientific view which lets you input a number in hex then click decimal to convert it.

Darrell

Re: HEX

someone_4 — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:27:26 GMT

Hi Robert
Try this

To convert from decimal to hex (we are setting the output base 16, leaving input at 10):

$ bc -l
obase=16
256*1024*1024
10000000
255
FF
quit

To convert hex numbers to decimal (we are setting the input base to base 16, leaving the output base at 10)

$ bc -l
ibase=16
FF
255
40000000
1073741824
FFFF
65535
quit

Here is my orininal post when I had the same q.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/0,,0x6b743fd7f72ad611abd50090277a778c,00.html

Richard