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dylanaraps / pure-bash-bible

📖 A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.

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Open neuhaus opened 5 years ago

neuhaus commented 5 years ago

ord is usually handled by the external "od" command.

chr() {
  [ "$1" -lt 256 ] || return 1
  printf "\\$(printf '%03o' "$1")"
}

ord() {
  LC_CTYPE=C printf '%d' "'$1"
}