From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 23 0: 6:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD6837B400 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 00:06:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B9C843E6A for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 00:06:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from k7.mavetju (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEF442B916; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:06:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2E4896A7128; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:06:03 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:06:03 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: "Christopher J. Umina" Cc: FreeBSD Question Mailing List Subject: Re: expr replacement Message-ID: <20020823070603.GN785@k7.mavetju> References: <20020823021838.V67143-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020823021838.V67143-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 02:21:14AM -0400, Christopher J. Umina wrote: > percentage=`expr $dirttl / $totalsongs` > > where $totalsongs = aroudn 1000 and dirttl = anywhere from 8 to 565. Easier way then: echo $totalsongs $dirttl | awk '{ print $2 / $1 }' Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message