Printf notes
From Federal Burro of Information
hex:
mitsor-bpe01:/etc # printf "%.8x\n" 13 0000000d mitsor-bpe01:/etc # printf "%.8x\n" 14 0000000e mitsor-bpe01:/etc # printf "%.8x\n" 15 0000000f mitsor-bpe01:/etc # printf "%.8x\n" 16 00000010 mitsor-bpe01:/etc #
binary with bc: (printf can't do this)
#NOTE: Using bc command you can directly get output at command line. # $ echo 'obase=2;15' | bc # 1111 # $ echo 'obase=2;1023' | bc # 1111111111 # $ echo 'obase=2;1024' | bc # 10000000000 # No need of ibase=10, because default ibase is 10.
