Ascii/Hex convert in bash

Question

I\'m now doing it this way:

[root@~]# echo Aa|hexdump -v
0000000 6141 000a                              
0000003
[root@~]# echo -e \"\\x41\\x41\\x41\\x41\"
A         


        

Answer 1

For the first part, try

echo Aa | od -t x1

It prints byte-by-byte

$ echo Aa | od -t x1
0000000 41 61 0a
0000003

The 0a is the implicit newline that echo produces.

Use echo -n or printf instead.

$ printf Aa | od -t x1
0000000 41 61
0000002