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I have the bash line:
expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8
Which is return to me string line:
00080000
I know that this is, actually, a 0x00080000 in little-endian. Is there a way to create integer-variable from it in bash in big-endian like 0x80000?
bash numeric-data hex expr
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I have the bash line:
expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8
Which is return to me string line:
00080000
I know that this is, actually, a 0x00080000 in little-endian. Is there a way to create integer-variable from it in bash in big-endian like 0x80000?
bash numeric-data hex expr
add a comment |
I have the bash line:
expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8
Which is return to me string line:
00080000
I know that this is, actually, a 0x00080000 in little-endian. Is there a way to create integer-variable from it in bash in big-endian like 0x80000?
bash numeric-data hex expr
I have the bash line:
expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8
Which is return to me string line:
00080000
I know that this is, actually, a 0x00080000 in little-endian. Is there a way to create integer-variable from it in bash in big-endian like 0x80000?
bash numeric-data hex expr
bash numeric-data hex expr
edited Mar 18 at 18:52
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Probably a better way to do this but I've come up with this solution which converts the number to decimal and then back to hex (and manually adds the 0x
):
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#00080000))"
Which you could write as:
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#$(expr substr "$SUPERBLOCK" 64 8)))"
Thank you! I actually added |rev inside to convert to big-endian: printf "$((16#$(expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8|rev)))"
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 18:53
5
@DenisNovac I'm not sure if you use big/little endian correctly (maybe you have something else on mind, but I'm doing some assembly programming for fun, so for me endianness is per bytes), but 0x12345678 is in other endianness 0x78563412, not 0x87654321. (and the value in your question00080000
is after byte swap00000800
, i.e. 2048 decimal)
– Ped7g
Mar 18 at 18:55
Oh, you are right. I just got the right answer by wrong way. I am rewriting some code from python to bash, so i know all answers before i got them.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:01
@DenisNovac: You didn't have the right answer FYI. 0x8000 was originally in your question which is not the same as 0x80000 or 0x00080000
– Jesse_b
Mar 18 at 19:07
Yes, but i needed to get exactly 0x8000, so i've made mistake somewhere before. This is offset or something.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:12
|
show 4 more comments
There are two more or less standard (and ancient) command-line unix tools that offer very easy ways to convert numbers between different bases:
$ echo '16'; echo i; echo 00080000; echo p; | dc
524288
$ echo 'ibase=16'; echo 00080000; | bc
524288
For normal human use I very much prefer bc
, but when writing a program that generates code, especially from a parser of some sort, a stack-based tool like dc
may be easier to deal with (and indeed the original version of bc
was a front-end parser for dc
).
add a comment |
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Probably a better way to do this but I've come up with this solution which converts the number to decimal and then back to hex (and manually adds the 0x
):
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#00080000))"
Which you could write as:
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#$(expr substr "$SUPERBLOCK" 64 8)))"
Thank you! I actually added |rev inside to convert to big-endian: printf "$((16#$(expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8|rev)))"
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 18:53
5
@DenisNovac I'm not sure if you use big/little endian correctly (maybe you have something else on mind, but I'm doing some assembly programming for fun, so for me endianness is per bytes), but 0x12345678 is in other endianness 0x78563412, not 0x87654321. (and the value in your question00080000
is after byte swap00000800
, i.e. 2048 decimal)
– Ped7g
Mar 18 at 18:55
Oh, you are right. I just got the right answer by wrong way. I am rewriting some code from python to bash, so i know all answers before i got them.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:01
@DenisNovac: You didn't have the right answer FYI. 0x8000 was originally in your question which is not the same as 0x80000 or 0x00080000
– Jesse_b
Mar 18 at 19:07
Yes, but i needed to get exactly 0x8000, so i've made mistake somewhere before. This is offset or something.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:12
|
show 4 more comments
Probably a better way to do this but I've come up with this solution which converts the number to decimal and then back to hex (and manually adds the 0x
):
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#00080000))"
Which you could write as:
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#$(expr substr "$SUPERBLOCK" 64 8)))"
Thank you! I actually added |rev inside to convert to big-endian: printf "$((16#$(expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8|rev)))"
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 18:53
5
@DenisNovac I'm not sure if you use big/little endian correctly (maybe you have something else on mind, but I'm doing some assembly programming for fun, so for me endianness is per bytes), but 0x12345678 is in other endianness 0x78563412, not 0x87654321. (and the value in your question00080000
is after byte swap00000800
, i.e. 2048 decimal)
– Ped7g
Mar 18 at 18:55
Oh, you are right. I just got the right answer by wrong way. I am rewriting some code from python to bash, so i know all answers before i got them.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:01
@DenisNovac: You didn't have the right answer FYI. 0x8000 was originally in your question which is not the same as 0x80000 or 0x00080000
– Jesse_b
Mar 18 at 19:07
Yes, but i needed to get exactly 0x8000, so i've made mistake somewhere before. This is offset or something.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:12
|
show 4 more comments
Probably a better way to do this but I've come up with this solution which converts the number to decimal and then back to hex (and manually adds the 0x
):
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#00080000))"
Which you could write as:
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#$(expr substr "$SUPERBLOCK" 64 8)))"
Probably a better way to do this but I've come up with this solution which converts the number to decimal and then back to hex (and manually adds the 0x
):
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#00080000))"
Which you could write as:
printf '0x%xn' "$((16#$(expr substr "$SUPERBLOCK" 64 8)))"
answered Mar 18 at 18:49
Jesse_bJesse_b
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Thank you! I actually added |rev inside to convert to big-endian: printf "$((16#$(expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8|rev)))"
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 18:53
5
@DenisNovac I'm not sure if you use big/little endian correctly (maybe you have something else on mind, but I'm doing some assembly programming for fun, so for me endianness is per bytes), but 0x12345678 is in other endianness 0x78563412, not 0x87654321. (and the value in your question00080000
is after byte swap00000800
, i.e. 2048 decimal)
– Ped7g
Mar 18 at 18:55
Oh, you are right. I just got the right answer by wrong way. I am rewriting some code from python to bash, so i know all answers before i got them.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:01
@DenisNovac: You didn't have the right answer FYI. 0x8000 was originally in your question which is not the same as 0x80000 or 0x00080000
– Jesse_b
Mar 18 at 19:07
Yes, but i needed to get exactly 0x8000, so i've made mistake somewhere before. This is offset or something.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:12
|
show 4 more comments
Thank you! I actually added |rev inside to convert to big-endian: printf "$((16#$(expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8|rev)))"
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 18:53
5
@DenisNovac I'm not sure if you use big/little endian correctly (maybe you have something else on mind, but I'm doing some assembly programming for fun, so for me endianness is per bytes), but 0x12345678 is in other endianness 0x78563412, not 0x87654321. (and the value in your question00080000
is after byte swap00000800
, i.e. 2048 decimal)
– Ped7g
Mar 18 at 18:55
Oh, you are right. I just got the right answer by wrong way. I am rewriting some code from python to bash, so i know all answers before i got them.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:01
@DenisNovac: You didn't have the right answer FYI. 0x8000 was originally in your question which is not the same as 0x80000 or 0x00080000
– Jesse_b
Mar 18 at 19:07
Yes, but i needed to get exactly 0x8000, so i've made mistake somewhere before. This is offset or something.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:12
Thank you! I actually added |rev inside to convert to big-endian: printf "$((16#$(expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8|rev)))"
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 18:53
Thank you! I actually added |rev inside to convert to big-endian: printf "$((16#$(expr substr $SUPERBLOCK 64 8|rev)))"
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 18:53
5
5
@DenisNovac I'm not sure if you use big/little endian correctly (maybe you have something else on mind, but I'm doing some assembly programming for fun, so for me endianness is per bytes), but 0x12345678 is in other endianness 0x78563412, not 0x87654321. (and the value in your question
00080000
is after byte swap 00000800
, i.e. 2048 decimal)– Ped7g
Mar 18 at 18:55
@DenisNovac I'm not sure if you use big/little endian correctly (maybe you have something else on mind, but I'm doing some assembly programming for fun, so for me endianness is per bytes), but 0x12345678 is in other endianness 0x78563412, not 0x87654321. (and the value in your question
00080000
is after byte swap 00000800
, i.e. 2048 decimal)– Ped7g
Mar 18 at 18:55
Oh, you are right. I just got the right answer by wrong way. I am rewriting some code from python to bash, so i know all answers before i got them.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:01
Oh, you are right. I just got the right answer by wrong way. I am rewriting some code from python to bash, so i know all answers before i got them.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:01
@DenisNovac: You didn't have the right answer FYI. 0x8000 was originally in your question which is not the same as 0x80000 or 0x00080000
– Jesse_b
Mar 18 at 19:07
@DenisNovac: You didn't have the right answer FYI. 0x8000 was originally in your question which is not the same as 0x80000 or 0x00080000
– Jesse_b
Mar 18 at 19:07
Yes, but i needed to get exactly 0x8000, so i've made mistake somewhere before. This is offset or something.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:12
Yes, but i needed to get exactly 0x8000, so i've made mistake somewhere before. This is offset or something.
– DenisNovac
Mar 18 at 19:12
|
show 4 more comments
There are two more or less standard (and ancient) command-line unix tools that offer very easy ways to convert numbers between different bases:
$ echo '16'; echo i; echo 00080000; echo p; | dc
524288
$ echo 'ibase=16'; echo 00080000; | bc
524288
For normal human use I very much prefer bc
, but when writing a program that generates code, especially from a parser of some sort, a stack-based tool like dc
may be easier to deal with (and indeed the original version of bc
was a front-end parser for dc
).
add a comment |
There are two more or less standard (and ancient) command-line unix tools that offer very easy ways to convert numbers between different bases:
$ echo '16'; echo i; echo 00080000; echo p; | dc
524288
$ echo 'ibase=16'; echo 00080000; | bc
524288
For normal human use I very much prefer bc
, but when writing a program that generates code, especially from a parser of some sort, a stack-based tool like dc
may be easier to deal with (and indeed the original version of bc
was a front-end parser for dc
).
add a comment |
There are two more or less standard (and ancient) command-line unix tools that offer very easy ways to convert numbers between different bases:
$ echo '16'; echo i; echo 00080000; echo p; | dc
524288
$ echo 'ibase=16'; echo 00080000; | bc
524288
For normal human use I very much prefer bc
, but when writing a program that generates code, especially from a parser of some sort, a stack-based tool like dc
may be easier to deal with (and indeed the original version of bc
was a front-end parser for dc
).
There are two more or less standard (and ancient) command-line unix tools that offer very easy ways to convert numbers between different bases:
$ echo '16'; echo i; echo 00080000; echo p; | dc
524288
$ echo 'ibase=16'; echo 00080000; | bc
524288
For normal human use I very much prefer bc
, but when writing a program that generates code, especially from a parser of some sort, a stack-based tool like dc
may be easier to deal with (and indeed the original version of bc
was a front-end parser for dc
).
answered Mar 18 at 23:19
Greg A. WoodsGreg A. Woods
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