On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 12:58:26PM -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 if you (like me) are a more traditional unix user, you can use the
commandline calculator "bc":
# bc
bc 1.06
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.
obase=16
256
100
obase=A
256
256
obase=8
256
400
quit
# bc
bc 1.06
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.
ibase=16
100
256
ibase=8
256
174
quit
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