bx base16 encode

Convert binary data to Base16.

$ bx base16-encode --help

Usage: bx base16-encode [-h] [--config VALUE] [DATA]

Info: Convert binary data to Base16.

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Arguments (positional):

DATA                 The binary data to encode as Base16. This can be
                     text or any other data. If not specified the data is
                     read from STDIN.

This command is a simple hexadecimal encoder. This can be used to feed plain text or raw binary values into other commands as base16 input.

Hexadecimal is not case sensitive. In other words the letter F and the f are the same value.

See also base16-decode.

Example 1

$ bx base16-encode "Satoshi Nakamoto"

5361746f736869204e616b616d6f746f

Example 2

FIPS 180-2 SHA-1 Vector A

$ bx base16-encode abc

616263

Example 3

FIPS 180-2 SHA-1 Vector B

$ bx base16-encode abcdbcdecdefdefgefghfghighijhijkijkljklmklmnlmnomnopnopq

6162636462636465636465666465666765666768666768696768696a68696a6b696a6b6c6a6b6c6d6b6c6d6e6c6d6e6f6d6e6f706e6f7071

Example 4

routed input, hash self

$ bx base16-encode < bx.exe | bx sha256

f9c8f0a86f772a2dd1adf7e43f427ec99e59084b4cd9b41861a2c9d84010575d