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Posted By

deepsoul on 09/30/09


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Convert bit stream to ASCII text

 / Published in: Bash
 

Useful for decoding geek humour such as this cartoon. Accepts input from stdin.

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  1. { export BC_LINE_LENGTH=500; echo $'obase=16\nibase=2\n'; cat; } | bc | perl -n -e 'print pack("H*", $_), "\n";'

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