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Text to Octal

Convert text into octal, base 8, at three digits per byte. Octal still appears in Unix file permissions, older C escape sequences and some protocol dumps.

How to use the Text to Octal

  1. Paste your text.
  2. Choose the unit and separator.
  3. Click "Convert to octal".

Frequently asked questions

Where is octal still used?

Mainly in Unix file permissions, where 755 and 644 are octal digit triples, and in older C-style escape sequences. It appears occasionally in legacy protocol dumps. For general byte work, hex has largely replaced it.

Why three digits per byte?

Each octal digit carries three bits, so eight bits need three digits – which can represent up to 511, more than a byte requires. The padding makes the columns line up.

Related text encoding tools

  • Previous step: Decimal to Text — Convert decimal numbers back into characters, treating them as Unicode code points or as raw UTF-8 bytes, with clear errors for surrogates and out-of-range values.
  • Next step: Octal to Text — Convert octal numbers back into readable text, validating that every digit falls in the range 0 to 7.
  • Text to Binary — Convert text into binary – eight bits per UTF-8 byte, or one number per Unicode code point.
  • Text to Hex — Convert text to hexadecimal – two hex digits per UTF-8 byte, or per code point.

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