Octal Converter

Convert between text and octal (auto-detects format)

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Octal Number System

Octal is a base-8 number system using digits 0-7. It's commonly used in computing for representing file permissions and memory addresses.

Our converter automatically detects whether you're entering text or octal numbers and converts accordingly.

Applications

File Permissions

Unix/Linux file permissions are often represented in octal format (e.g., 755, 644).

Programming

Some programming languages use octal literals for numeric constants.

Data Analysis

Analyze data represented in octal format from legacy systems.