Linux provides commands for converting numbers from one base to another. Learn how to uses these commands and how to make the process easier with scripts and aliases.

Using 2's comp. signed numbers, the octal number 500 would be negative when converted to decimal, correct?For non-signed numbers, to convert from octal to decimal, you just evaluate the power ...

In octal, we have eight digits — 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 — and now place values are based on powers of eight. The octal number 10 represents the number 8 in decimal.