Convert decimal to hexadecimal in UNIX shell script

Question

In a UNIX shell script, what can I use to convert decimal numbers into hexadecimal? I thought od would do the trick, but it\'s not realizing I\'m feeding it ASCII represent

Answer 1

Hexidecimal to decimal:

$ echo $((0xfee10000))
4276158464

Decimal to hexadecimal:

$ printf '%x\n' 26
1a

Answer 2

xd() {
    printf "hex> "
    while read i
    do
        printf "dec  $(( 0x${i} ))\n\nhex> "
    done
}
dx() {
    printf "dec> "
    while read i
    do
        printf 'hex  %x\n\ndec> ' $i
    done
}

Answer 3

# number conversion.

while `test $ans='y'`
do
    echo "Menu"
    echo "1.Decimal to Hexadecimal"
    echo "2.Decimal to Octal"
    echo "3.Hexadecimal to Binary"
    echo "4.Octal to Binary"
    echo "5.Hexadecimal to  Octal"
    echo "6.Octal to Hexadecimal"
    echo "7.Exit"

    read choice
    case $choice in

        1) echo "Enter the decimal no."
           read n
           hex=`echo "ibase=10;obase=16;$n"|bc`
           echo "The hexadecimal no. is $hex"
           ;;

        2) echo "Enter the decimal no."
           read n
           oct=`echo "ibase=10;obase=8;$n"|bc`
           echo "The octal no. is $oct"
           ;;

        3) echo "Enter the hexadecimal no."
           read n
           binary=`echo "ibase=16;obase=2;$n"|bc`
           echo "The binary no. is $binary"
           ;;

        4) echo "Enter the octal no."
           read n
           binary=`echo "ibase=8;obase=2;$n"|bc`
           echo "The binary no. is $binary"
           ;;

        5) echo "Enter the hexadecimal no."
           read n
           oct=`echo "ibase=16;obase=8;$n"|bc`
           echo "The octal no. is $oct"
           ;;

        6) echo "Enter the octal no."
           read n
           hex=`echo "ibase=8;obase=16;$n"|bc`
           echo "The hexadecimal no. is $hex"
           ;;

        7) exit 
        ;;
        *) echo "invalid no." 
        ;;

    esac
done

Answer 4

bash-4.2$ printf '%x\n' 4294967295
ffffffff

bash-4.2$ printf -v hex '%x' 4294967295
bash-4.2$ echo $hex
ffffffff

Answer 5

In zsh you can do this sort of thing:

% typeset -i 16 y
% print $(( [#8] x = 32, y = 32 ))
8#40
% print $x $y
8#40 16#20
% setopt c_bases
% print $y
0x20

Example taken from zsh docs page about Arithmetic Evaluation.

I believe Bash has similar capabilities.