Hexadecimal To Decimal in Shell Script

Question

Can someone help me to convert a hexadecimal number to decimal number in a shell script?

E.g., I want to convert the hexadecimal number bfca3000 to deci

Answer 1

In dash and other shells, you can use

printf "%d\n" (your hexadecimal number)

to convert a hexadecimal number to decimal. This is not bash, or ksh, specific.