Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 09:53:34 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, tyler spivey <tspivey8@home.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: program to convert hex to decimal or vise versa? Message-ID: <20010624095334.A58464@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106240039000.86457-100000@java2.dpcsys.com> References: <15157.26660.156190.806500@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106240039000.86457-100000@java2.dpcsys.com>
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:43:15AM -0700, Dan Busarow wrote:
> On Jun 23, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > tyler spivey <tspivey8@home.com> types:
> > > is their a program in ports that i can use
> > > to convert hex to dec or vv? i don't use x
> > > and want a command line based app.
> >
> > Ports nothing. bc is in the base system. I've added prompts for
> > clarity, as it doesn't prompt.
> >
> > guru$ bc
> > bc 1.06
> > Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> > For details type `warranty'.
> > > ibase = 16
>
> I was going to suggest bc too but the questioner required scripts.
> Crist had the answer for him and taught me something new too.
> printf(1) who came up with that? And when?
The man page for printf(1) includes the text:
HISTORY
The printf command appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno. It is modeled after the
standard library function, printf(3).
A quick look in /usr/share/misc/bsd-family-tree indicates that
4.3BSD-Reno appeared in 1990.
It has been there for a while. :-)
( And it has long been a minor source of irritation for me since on at
least some Unix-systems when I write 'man printf' I get the man-page
for printf(1) instead of the manpage for printf(3) which is usually
what I want.)
( Isn't it amazing what you can find out just by reading the
documentation. :-) )
--
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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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