Linux provides commands for converting numbers from one base to another. Learn how to uses these commands and how to make the process easier with scripts and aliases.

In this article, I'm covering something that's a little abstruse: converting numeric bases within shell scripts. There are really four commonly used numeric bases to consider: binary, octal, decimal ...

Fundamentals of data representation - AQA Converting between number bases using hexadecimal All data is represented as binary digits, whether it is numbers, text, images or sound.

Binary and hexadecimal numbers systems underpin the way modern computer systems work. Low-level interactions with hexadecimal (hex) and binary are uncommon in the world of Java programming, but ...

For the 15,340 example this produces 3BEC in hex. You may wish to convert the date back to decimal using a calculator or other application to ensure the result is correct.