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.\" Copyright (C) 2016 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
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.\" %%%LICENSE_END
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.TH BSWAP 3 2016-04-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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bswap_16, bswap_32, bswap_64 \- reverse order of bytes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <byteswap.h>
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.BI bswap_16( x );
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.BI bswap_32( x );
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.BI bswap_64( x );
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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These macros return a value in which the order of the bytes
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in their 2-, 4-, or 8-byte arguments is reversed.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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These macros return the value of their argument with the bytes reversed.
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.SH ERRORS
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These macros always succeed.
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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These macros are GNU extensions.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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The program below swaps the bytes of the 8-byte integer supplied as
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its command-line argument.
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The following shell session demonstrates the use of the program:
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.in +4n
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$ \fB./a.out 0x0123456789abcdef\fP
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0x123456789abcdef ==> 0xefcdab8967452301
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.fi
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.SS Program source
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\&
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.nf
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdint.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <inttypes.h>
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#include <byteswap.h>
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int
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main(int argc, char *argv[])
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{
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uint64_t x;
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if (argc != 2) {
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fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <num>\\n", argv[0]);
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exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
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}
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x = strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 0);
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printf("0x%" PRIx64 " ==> 0x%" PRIx64 "\\n", x, bswap_64(x));
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exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
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}
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.fi
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR byteorder (3),
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.BR endian (3)
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