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# 1  
Old 04-20-2004
need script to convert number in hexadecimal
hi ,
i need a script to convert number into hexadecimal base
for example: 237=>ED
it s very important for me thank you in advance for you help
# 2  
Old 04-20-2004
see man od
# 3  
Old 04-20-2004
echo 'obase=16;237'| bc
is one solution. ksh has built-in support for base arithmetic. It's not as conveinent, but it is very fast for scripting.
i=237
typeset -i16 i
echo $i
# 4  
Old 11-07-2008
decimal to hexadecimal coversion continued
Hi,

I would like to build on this example. How would I take the value from that hexadecimal conversion and store it in a variable. For example, I have a script that does the following:

echo "Please enter how many cycles you would like to run :\c"
read cycles
let input=$cycles/8
echo $input

I would like to convert "$input" to a hexadecimal value, then store it in a new variable so I can use the hex converted value in my program. Any pointers on how to do that? Thanks in advance
# 5  
Old 11-08-2008
Code:
printf "%x" $input | read newvariable
# or
newvariable=$(printf "%x" $input)

newvariable contains the hex value of the input variable.
# 6  
Old 11-08-2008
It worked!
Thanks Jim,

much appreciated
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