bitwise

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Bitwise\n## Terminal based bitwise calculator in curses\n[![Snap Status](https://build.snapcraft.io/badge/mellowcandle/bitwise.svg)](https://build.snapcraft.io/user/mellowcandle/bitwise)\u003ca href=\"https://scan.coverity.com/projects/mellowcandle-bitwise\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg alt=\"Coverity Scan Build Status\"\n       src=\"https://img.shields.io/coverity/scan/18170.svg\"/\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://repology.org/project/bitwise/versions\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/bitwise.svg\" alt=\"Packaging status\" align=\"right\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\n_Bitwise_ is multi base interactive calculator supporting dynamic base conversion and bit manipulation.\nIt\u0027s a handy tool for low level hackers, kernel developers and device drivers developers.\n\nSome of the features include:\n* Interactive ncurses interface\n* Command line calculator supporting all bitwise operations.\n* Individual bit manipulator.\n* Bitwise operations such as NOT, OR, AND, XOR, and shifts.\n\n##\n\n![Demo](https://github.com/mellowcandle/bitwise/raw/master/resources/bitwise.gif \"Bitwise demo2\")\n\n## Usage\n_bitwise_ can be used both interactively and in command line mode.\n\n### Command line calculator mode\nIn command line mode, bitwise will calculate the given expression and will output the result in all bases including binary representation.\n\n_bitwise_ detects the base by the prefix of the input (_0x/0X_ for hexadecimal, leading _0_ for octal, _b_ for binary, and the rest is decimal).\n\n**NEW** Bitwise now support parsing IPv4 addresses, it will also output the possible IPv4 address in both Network and reversed byte order.\n\n### Examples:\n\n#### Simple base conversion\n\n![conversion](https://github.com/mellowcandle/bitwise/raw/master/resources/cmdline.png \"Bitwise conversion\")\n\n\n#### C style syntax Calculator\n\n![calculator](https://github.com/mellowcandle/bitwise/raw/master/resources/conversion.png \"Bitwise calculator\")\n\n### Interactive mode\n_bitwise_ starts in interactive mode if no command line parameters are passed or if the _-i | --interac",
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