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If you have an old C compiler that won’t work with binary constants like 0b10101010 you’ll end up with a fatal compile error:

invalid suffix “b10101010” on integer constant

One-liner:

grep -l '\b0b[01][01]' . -r | while read f; do perl -np -e 's/\b0b([01]+)/sprintf("0x%X\/*%s*\/", oct("0b$1"), $1)/eg' < $f > $f.new && mv $f.new $f; done

This replaces all binary values with hex equivalents, with the binary value in C comments after.

This will fail if you have binary values inside /* comments */; you can remove the comment value from the replacement string if you prefer:

grep -l '\b0b[01][01]' . -r | while read f; do perl -np -e 's/\b0b([01]+)/sprintf("0x%X", oct("0b$1"))/eg' < $f > $f.new && mv $f.new $f; done