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Convert decimal to binary and the opposite using command line terminal
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CLT convert number base
Decimal to Hexadecimal
10->A
echo 'obase=16;10'| bc
Or
wcalc -h 10
Decimal to Octal
10->12
echo 'obase=8;10' | bc
Or
wcalc -o 10
Decimal to Binary
10->1010
echo 'obase=2;10' | bc
Or
wcalc -b 10
From Hexadecimal to Decimal
echo 'ibase=16;A' | bc (case sensitive)
From Octal to Decimal
echo 'ibase=8;12' | bc
From Binary to Decimal
echo 'ibase=2;1010' | bc
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