bits shl for bits

Signature

> bits shl {flags} (bits)

Flags

• --signed, -s: Always treat input number as a signed number.
• --number-bytes, -n {int}: The word size in number of bytes. Must be 1, 2, 4, or 8 (defaults to the smallest of those that fits the input number).

Parameters

• bits: Number of bits to shift left.

Input/output types:

Examples

Shift left a number by 7 bits

> 2 | bits shl 7
0

Shift left a number with 2 byte by 7 bits

> 2 | bits shl 7 --number-bytes 2
256

Shift left a signed number by 1 bit

> 0x7F | bits shl 1 --signed
-2

Shift left a list of numbers

> [5 3 2] | bits shl 2
╭───┬────╮
│ 0 │ 20 │
│ 1 │ 12 │
│ 2 │  8 │
╰───┴────╯

Shift left a binary value

> 0x[4f f4] | bits shl 4
Length: 2 (0x2) bytes | null_char printable whitespace ascii_other non_ascii
00000000:   ff 40                                                ×@