All about printf

Posted by bob on Aug 11, 2016 8:58 AM EDT
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In my last article, "Fancy Tricks for Changing Numberic Base", I explored the surprising ability of the Linux shell to convert numeric bases on the fly, including this sweet little snippet that converts FF hexadecimal into decimal notation: 
$ echo $(( 0xFF ))
255

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