Converting Between Numeric Bases

root — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:58:00 -0600

Sample .bashrc file:

# decimal to binary
alias d2b='ruby -e "puts ARGV.first.to_i.to_s(2)"'
# decimal to hexademical
alias d2h='ruby -e "puts ARGV.first.to_i.to_s(16)"'
# decimal to octal
alias d2o='ruby -e "puts ARGV.first.to_i.to_s(8)"'

# binary to decimal
alias b2d='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0b| + ARGV.first)"'
# binary to hexademical
alias b2h='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0b| + ARGV.first).to_s(16)"'
# binary to octal
alias b2o='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0b| + ARGV.first).to_s(8)"'

# hexademical to decimal
alias h2d='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0x| + ARGV.first)"'
# hexademical to binary
alias h2b='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0x| + ARGV.first).to_s(2)"'
# hexademical to octal
alias h2o='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0x| + ARGV.first).to_s(8)"'

# octal to decimal
alias o2d='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0o| + ARGV.first)"'
# octal to binary
alias o2b='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0o| + ARGV.first).to_s(2)"'
# octal to hexademical
alias o2h='ruby -e "puts eval(%q|0o| + ARGV.first).to_s(16)"'

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Converting Between Numeric Bases