varint

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Overview

Command varint encodes a decimal number to or from varint.

Usage:

varint

It reads from stdin when decoding, and takes a parameter when encoding.

Examples:

Obtain the decimal value of the hex-encoded varint 0101:

printf 0101 | hex -d | varint

Obtain the unsigned varint value of the decimal number 1234:

varint 1234 | hex

Note that encoding a varint without hex encoding it will often result in an byte value that cannot be printed as ASCII.