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Quick script to convert a percentage for an alpha or color channel into its corresponding hex value.
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percentToHex.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: ./percentToHex <percentValue>
# Examples:
# ./percentToHex 97.5
# ./percentToHex 78
num="$1 * .01000 * 255" # note: extra zeros for better precision
num=`echo "$num" | bc`
num=`echo "$num" | python -c "print(\"{:.0f}\".format(round(float(raw_input()))))"`
echo "obase=16; $num" | bc
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