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alias: user-guide-automation-converter-bufferbitwise
description: "This tool performs bitwise operations on binary data streams within a buffer"
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# Buffer Bitwise

This converter applies bitwise operations to the value. Valid operations are AND (&), OR (\|), NOT (\~), Shift Left (\<\<), Shift Right (\>\>) without sign propagation. It also has the Mask that behaves the same as AND. It receives a Buffer object, which is an object capable of manipulating streams of binary.

## Settings

| Name      | Data Type | Possible Values                                              | Description                                                  |
| --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| operation | `Enum`    | `AND`<br />`OR`<br />`NOT`<br />`Shift Left`<br />`Shift Right`<br />`Mask`<br /> | Type of bitwise operation to perform over the input buffer   |
| argument  | `Integer` |                                                              | Argument to pass into the bitwise operation selected (example for `Shift Right`: `input` >> `argument`) |

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