Hi, I want to calculate 0x04abcdef-0x043000000 in shell script. but following can't pass 0x04abcdef to {} vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv echo 0x04abcdef|xargs -i printf "%x\n" (({}-0x043000000) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thank for any suggestion. gan
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