Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:55:26 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> To: "Zhang Weiwu" <weiwuzhang@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simpliest way to calculate octal? Message-ID: <20031110075526.420980e3.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <Law11-F29PdUmUrrjZs0004f0ed@hotmail.com> References: <Law11-F29PdUmUrrjZs0004f0ed@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:35:35 +0800
"Zhang Weiwu" <weiwuzhang@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
> Today I found I cannot calculate what is the octal form of 0xa04e.
>
> First I thought xcalc should do the work, but it seems only deal with
> decimal.
>
> I have perl, tcsh, python interprater. It is likely that they are all
> capable of this kind, but what are the commands for them? What's the most
> convenient way?
How about: echo 0xa04e | awk '{printf "%o\n",$1}'
Cheers,
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Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org>
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