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bswap(3) | Library Functions Manual | bswap(3) |
NAME¶
bswap_16, bswap_32, bswap_64 - reverse order of bytes
LIBRARY¶
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <byteswap.h>
uint16_t bswap_16(uint16_t x); uint32_t bswap_32(uint32_t x); uint64_t bswap_64(uint64_t x);
DESCRIPTION¶
These functions return a value in which the order of the bytes in their 2-, 4-, or 8-byte arguments is reversed.
RETURN VALUE¶
These functions return the value of their argument with the bytes reversed.
ERRORS¶
These functions always succeed.
STANDARDS¶
GNU.
EXAMPLES¶
The program below swaps the bytes of the 8-byte integer supplied as its command-line argument. The following shell session demonstrates the use of the program:
$ ./a.out 0x0123456789abcdef 0x123456789abcdef ==> 0xefcdab8967452301
Program source¶
#include <byteswap.h> #include <inttypes.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
uint64_t x;
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <num>\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
x = strtoull(argv[1], NULL, 0);
printf("%#" PRIx64 " ==> %#" PRIx64 "\n", x, bswap_64(x));
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }
SEE ALSO¶
2024-06-15 | Linux man-pages 6.9.1 |