`bits shl` for bits

Bitwise shift left for ints or binary values.

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, it can be 1, 2, 4, 8, auto, default value 8

Parameters

bits: Number of bits to shift left.

Input/output types:

input	output
binary	binary
int	int
list<binary>	list<binary>
list<int>	list<int>

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