bits shl for bits

Signature

> bits shl {flags} (bits)

Flags

• --signed, -s: always treat input number as a signed number
• --number-bytes, -n {string}: the word size in number of bytes, it can be 1, 2, 4, 8, auto, default value 8

Parameters

• bits: number of bits to shift left

Input/output types:

Examples

Shift left a number by 7 bits

>2|bits shl7
256

Shift left a number with 1 byte by 7 bits

>2|bits shl7-n'1'
0

Shift left a signed number by 1 bit

>0x7F|bits shl1-s
254

Shift left a list of numbers

> [532] |bits shl2
╭───┬────╮
│0│20│
│1│12│
│2│8│
╰───┴────╯

Tips: Command bits shl was not included in the official binaries by default, you have to build it with --features=extra flag