On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:39:53PM -0800, Philip Guenther wrote: [snip relevant discussion to sidetrack a bit.]
> So, what's the answer for someone wanting to do base conversion? If > they use sh/ksh, then the answer is $((...)): > > $ echo $((0x20)) > 32 > $ > > csh shmucks^Wusers can use bc or dc for arbitrary base conversion: > > % printf 'ibase=16\n%s\n' 20 | bc > 32 when you are going to use printf anyways, what is wrong with something like $ printf '%o\n' 0x20 40 $ printf '%d\n' 033 27 $ [end of sidetrack] > Philip Guenther Janjaap van Velthooven -- ________________________________________ / __/ /_ / ______/ /_ __/ __/ /___ / / /_ __/___/_/_ /___ / / __/ /___ / / janj...@stack.nl /___/_/_________/_____/_/_/_/_______/_/_/