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        !             3: conv                         Command                         conv
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        !             8: Numeric base converter
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        !            10: ccoonnvv [_n_u_m_b_e_r]
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        !            12: conv converts number  to hexadecimal, decimal, octal, binary, and
        !            13: ASCII characters, and  prints the results on the standard output.
        !            14: If no  number is given, conv  reads one number per  line from the
        !            15: standard input until you type the end-of-file character <ccttrrll-DD>.
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        !            17: number may be  in hexadecimal, decimal, octal, binary, or charac-
        !            18: ter format, as  shown below.  Each example represents the decimal
        !            19: number 97.
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        !            22:           _B_a_s_e      _R_e_p_r_e_s_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n
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        !            24:           hexadecimal00xx6611
        !            25:           hexadecimal#6611
        !            26:           decimal   9977
        !            27:           octal     00114411
        !            28:           binary    $11110000000011
        !            29:           character `aa'
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        !            32: conv  represents an  ASCII  control character  in  its output  by
        !            33: preceding the  character by a carat `^'.   For example, it prints
        !            34: <ctrl-X> as `^X'.  conv prints ``bad digit'' if anything is wrong
        !            35: with the input.
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        !            37: ***** See Also *****
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        !            39: bc, commands, conv, dd, od, units
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        !            41: ***** Notes *****
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        !            43: conv represents  the input number  internally as a  long integer.
        !            44: If number does not fit in a long, conv silently truncates it.
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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