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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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