If the 3rd argument of the "convert" operation starts with 1, the python script seems to hang.

For example,

"convert 10 16 12" will trigger the following processes:

python convertNumber.py 10 16 1
/bin/bash -c python convertNumber.py 10 16 1 2>&1 | tee nsc.log

Notice the 3rd argument "12" is truncated and gets recognized as "1" instead, and the script just hangs there forever.

I noticed this when the fan on my macbook went crazy loud :)