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Subject: Re: mathematics in sh 
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:49:28 +0100, Dan Larsson wrote:

> Is it possible to do mathematical ( simple calculations such as
> ($a + $b)/$c) calculations in sh?

> Or is perl better to use in this case?

Perl's better if you need floating point values.  But for simple integer
arithmetic, /bin/sh works fine.

See the Arithmetic Expansion section of the sh(1) manual page.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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