HEX

[Nobody's Hero]

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.

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

check this link out:

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

Later,
Bill

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

here, the link corrected:

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

Later,
Bill

[Rita C Workman]

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

[Krishna Prasad]

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.

[Jdamian]

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.

[Darrell Allen]

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

[someone_4]

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