Subject: Re: printf(1) argument doesn't accept hexadecimal
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/20/2001 12:42:50 
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 12:32:57PM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

 > I wanted to convert the decimal number from a hexadecimal using printf.
 > 
 > $ printf "%d\n" 0xC0
 > bash: printf: 0xC0: illegal number
 > $ printf "%x\n" 192
 > c0
 > $ perl -e 'printf "%d\n",0xC0'
 > 192
 > 
 > Can printf(1) use non-decimal for argument?

yeah-baby:thorpej 163$ printf "%d\n" 0xC0  
192
yeah-baby:thorpej 164$ 

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