Bit Shifts
Learn what bit shifts are and how we can use them in Bash.
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What are bit shifts?
A bit shift changes the positions of the bits in a number.
There are three types of bit shifts:
- Logical
- Arithmetic
- Circular
The simplest shift type is the logical one. Let’s consider it first.
Any bit shift operation takes two operands. The first one is some integer ...