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Old 03-06-2012
Bug XOR two strings
hi,
i am new to shell programming, can u please tell me how to perform XOr operation of two strings.
i tried to do xor using ^symbol but this doesnt work.
help me with this

Thanks
# 2  
Old 03-06-2012
What doesn't work? Do you mean the bitwise XOR operator?

Code:
$ echo $(( 8 ^ 5 ))
13

# 3  
Old 03-06-2012
i have this code
a_xor_b=$(( $a ^ $b ))
were a and b both are strings
# 4  
Old 03-06-2012
The xor operation is undefined in strings of arbitrary length. Please tell us what you are trying to do, not how how you think it should be done.
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# 5  
Old 03-07-2012
i have to xor two strings then i need to encode it using base64
this is requirement, i mean this is part of a automation were in i have to encode and decode password
# 6  
Old 03-14-2012
can u suggest me how to do that or is there any other option
# 7  
Old 03-14-2012
Please some sample input strings and whats the result you are expecting
 
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