conv -- Command

Numeric base converter
conv [number]

conv  converts number  to hexadecimal,  decimal,  octal, binary,  and ASCII
characters, and prints the results on the standard output.  If no number is
given, conv  reads one number  per line from  the standard input  until you
type the end-of-file character <ctrl-D>.

number may be in  hexadecimal, decimal, octal, binary, or character format,
as shown below.  Each example represents the decimal number 97.

     Base      Representation
     hexadecimal0x61
     hexadecimal#61
     decimal   97
     octal     0141
     binary    $1100001
     character `a'

conv represents  an ASCII control character in its  output by preceding the
character by  a carat `^'.  For example, it  prints <ctrl-X> as `^X'.
conv prints ``bad digit'' if anything is wrong with the input.

See Also

bc,
commands,
conv,
dd,
od,
units

Notes

conv represents  the input number internally as a  long integer.  If number
does not fit in a long, conv silently truncates it.

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness