#!/bin/sh # vim: set sw=4 ts=4 et: help() { cat <<HELP b2h -- convert binary to decimal USAGE: b2h [-h] binarynum OPTIONS: -h this help EXAMPLE: b2h 111010 will return 58 HELP exit 0 } error() { # print an error and exit echo "$1" exit 1 } lastchar() { # return the last character of a string in $rval if [ -z "$1" ]; then # empty string rval="" return fi # wc puts some space behind the output this is why we need sed: numofchar=`echo -n "$1" | wc -c | sed 's/ //g' ` # now cut out the last char rval=`echo -n "$1" | cut -b $numofchar` } chop() { # remove the last character in string and return it in $rval if [ -z "$1" ]; then # empty string rval="" return fi # wc puts some space behind the output this is why we need sed: numofchar=`echo -n "$1" | wc -c | sed 's/ //g' ` if [ "$numofchar" = "1" ]; then # only one char in string rval="" return fi numofcharminus1=`expr $numofchar "-" 1` # now cut all but the last char: rval=`echo -n "$1" | cut -b 0-${numofcharminus1}` } while [ -n "$1" ]; do case $1 in -h) help;shift 1;; # function help is called --) shift;break;; # end of options -*) error "error: no such option $1. -h for help";; *) break;; esac done # The main program sum=0 weight=1 # one arg must be given: [ -z "$1" ] && help binnum="$1" binnumorig="$1" while [ -n "$binnum" ]; do lastchar "$binnum" if [ "$rval" = "1" ]; then sum=`expr "$weight" "+" "$sum"` fi # remove the last position in $binnum chop "$binnum" binnum="$rval" weight=`expr "$weight" "*" 2` done echo "binary $binnumorig is decimal $sum" #