bcal

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\u003ch1 align=\"center\"\u003ebcal\u003c/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/jarun/bcal/releases/latest\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/github/release/jarun/bcal.svg?maxAge=600\u0026label=rel\" alt=\"Latest release\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://repology.org/project/bcal/versions\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/bcal.svg?header=repos\" alt=\"Availability\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://circleci.com/gh/jarun/workflows/bcal\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/circleci/project/github/jarun/bcal.svg?label=CircleCI\" alt=\"Circle CI Status\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/jarun/bcal/actions\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://github.com/jarun/bcal/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master\" alt=\"GitHub CI Status\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://scan.coverity.com/projects/jarun-bcal\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/coverity/scan/17148.svg\" alt=\"Coverity Scan Build Status\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/jarun/bcal/blob/master/LICENSE\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv3-yellowgreen.svg?maxAge=2592000\" alt=\"License\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://asciinema.org/a/168719\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c4f9c7c-7791-4610-9a2a-988add949a6a\" alt=\"bcal_asciicast\" width=\"600\"/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n`bcal` (*Byte CALculator*) is a REPL CLI utility for storage expression (e.g. `\"(2GiB * 2) / (2KiB \u003e\u003e 2)\"`) evaluation, SI/IEC conversion, byte address calculation, base conversion and LBA/CHS calculation. It\u0027s very useful for those who deal with bits, bytes, addresses and binary prefixes frequently.\n\nIt also supports general-purpose operations (program option `-b`, prompt key `b`).\n\n`bcal` uses [SI and IEC binary prefixes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix) and supports 64-bit Operating Systems only.\n\n### Table of Contents\n\n- [Features](#features)\n- [Installation](#installation)\n  - [Dependencies](#dependencies)\n  - [From a package manager](#from-a-package-manager)\n  - [From source](#from-source)\n  - [make options](#make-options)\n  - [Termux](#termux",
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