check out sprintf() and ord()
quickly for you example:
## hex
perl -e 'printf("%x", ord("\n"))'
## oct
perl -e 'printf("%o", ord("\n"))'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Edward Gray II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 12:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Converting to Hex
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>
> Is there a simple way, like a one liner perhaps, that will
> give me the
> octal/hex value of a character? I need to look certain
> characters up,
> so I would like to be able to give it something like an 'a' or even
> "\n" and have it answer 141 or 012 (assuming UNIX). Thanks for your
> time.
>
> James
>
>
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