A (better-than-before) command line utility program written in python3 to convert numbers between different bases

typeconvert

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from textwrap import wrap
from argparse import ArgumentParser

if __name__ == "__main__":
    space_bin = 8
    space_oct = 3
    space_hex = 4

    parser = ArgumentParser(
        prog="typeconvert",
        description="A supertiny utility program written in python3 to convert "
                    "numbers between different bases",
        epilog="-- IceCereal --")

    parser.add_argument("--bin", type=str, help="number in binary")
    parser.add_argument("--oct", type=str, help="number in octal")
    parser.add_argument("--dec", type=int, help="number in decimal")
    parser.add_argument("--hex", type=str, help="number in hexadecimal")
    parser.add_argument("--no-space", action='store_true', help="disable spaces"
                            " in output")

    args = parser.parse_args()

    numbers = []
    if args.bin:
        numbers.append(int(args.bin, 2))

    if args.oct:
        numbers.append(int(args.oct, 8))

    if args.dec:
        numbers.append(args.dec)

    if args.hex:
        numbers.append(int(args.hex, 16))

    if args.no_space:
        space_bin = 64
        space_oct = 22
        space_hex = 16

    print("==================")
    for number in numbers:
        print("bin:", " ".join(wrap(format(number, '064b'), space_bin)))
        print("oct:", " ".join(wrap(format(number, '022o'), space_oct)))
        print("dec: %d" % number)
        print("hex: 0x" + " ".join(wrap(format(number, '016X'), space_hex)))
        print("==================")

Typeconvert_v2.md

Typeconvert_V2

• Download the typeconvert gist.

• Make it an executable - chmod 755 typeconvert

• Move it into your path - ~/.local/bin/, /usr/local/bin/

• You might have to close your terminal and open it again in order to use it

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usage: typeconvert [-h] [--bin BIN] [--oct OCT] [--dec DEC] [--hex HEX] [--no-space]

A supertiny utility program written in python3 to convert numbers between different bases

options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --bin BIN number in binary --oct OCT number in octal --dec DEC number in decimal --hex HEX number in hexadecimal --no-space disable spaces in output

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examples: ./typeconvert --bin 111 --oct 1231 --dec 10 --hex 0xF23