On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 12:58 -0500, Randy Kelsoe wrote: > clemens@xxxxxxx wrote: > > >I seem to remember that there used to be a tool in Linux to > >convert between decimal and octal and Hex, but I havent > >stumbled over it in my recent search. > > > >Anyone know of such a beast? > > > In gnome, click on the Fedora Button => Accessories => Calculator. In > the calculator, click on "View" and select 'Scientific Mode'. From a > command line, type 'gcalctool'. > > or a better command line answer is bc: Number of seconds since 00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC in 1) octal: echo "obase=8;$(date +%s)" | bc -l 2) decimal: echo "obase=10;$(date +%s)" | bc -l 3) hex: echo "obase=16;$(date +%s)" | bc -l -- Anthony Joseph Seward <anthony.seward@xxxxxxxx>
