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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting split a string and convert to binary Post 302553628 by alister on Thursday 8th of September 2011 04:39:39 AM
Old 09-08-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jayan_jay
Assuming the values in string are hexanumbers ..
Code:
$ cat filename
#!/bin/ksh
string='ffd80012ffe20000ffebfffeffea0007fff0ffd70014fff1fff0fff0fff201'
echo $string | fold -w 4 | sed '$d' > hexanumbers.txt
for i in `cat hexanumbers.txt | awk '{ print "16#"$0}'`
do
typeset -i10 i
echo $i >> decimals_list.txt
done
for i in `cat decimals_list.txt`
do
        echo "obase=2;$i" | bc
done
rm decimals_list.txt
$ ksh filename
1111111111011000
10010
1111111111100010
0
1111111111101011
.......
.......

A simpler, more efficient solution utilizing the same basic utilities:
Code:
echo $string | fold -w4 | sed '$d; y/abcdef/ABCDEF/; 1s/^/obase=2; ibase=16; /' | bc

Regards,
Alister
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gnomevfs-cat

gnomevfs-cat(1) 						   User Commands						   gnomevfs-cat(1)

NAME

       gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gnomevfs-cat URI

DESCRIPTION

       gnomevfs-cat is obsolete.  It has been superseded by gvfs-cat.  See gvfs-cat(1).

       gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	       Specifies the file location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Cat a File From a Web Server

       example% gnomevfs-cat http://www.sun.com

       Example 2: Cat a Local File

       example% gnomevfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat   Executable to print a file to standard output using the VFS system

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Obsolete Volatile 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1), gvfs-cat(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.11							    14 May 2008 						   gnomevfs-cat(1)
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