From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Jun 25 15:48:57 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 A2C5516A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:48:57 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from mail.LF.net (mail.LF.net [212.9.160.2])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D59EE43D1D
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:48:56 +0000 (GMT)	(envelope-from nk@viteno.net)
Received: from pd95e6c95.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.94.108.149]
	helo=redqueen.ath.cx)	by mail.LF.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34)
	id 1Bdswh-000903-KV; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:48:55 +0200
Received: from nk by redqueen.ath.cx with local (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD))
	id 1Bdswh-0002NM-4C; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:48:55 +0200
To: CD Baby <cdbaby@gmail.com>
References: <36fb6de804062508417917d0b8@mail.gmail.com>
From: Norbert Koch <nk@viteno.net>
X-Face: 5*nyF1\39:,h6Sk1<}(t1O5x!y5y6@XzBRq5LAYj;Xzb*Ak,]@$HL@>:
 c&#dUFU=U8O(+/6T0k{j{1~uS@GVk4zurEEb.~MoSbG2pM4z!~/<@.tcd
 `uD`fNR+TM\@++x@!/Bq)24"xD_kGn,jqwVQa|R'|FFxgWa+$0x]p>KE9E
 /Xk0$%a*2*K]"zOtbk9v0sNgwb2H"IOaEjCVolb5&yW`o#w2}!w!M{Dn&{K0t
Mail-Followup-To: CD Baby <cdbaby@gmail.com>,
	freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:48:55 +0200
In-Reply-To: <36fb6de804062508417917d0b8@mail.gmail.com> (CD Baby's message of
	"Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:41:02 -0700")
Message-ID: <vzwu1v63ko.fsf@redqueen.ath.cx>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through
	Obscurity, berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: command-line calculator?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:48:57 -0000

CD Baby <cdbaby@gmail.com> writes:

> What simple built-in command-line tools are available if I want to
> just do some simple math on the command line?
>
> If I'm there in a shell, and need to know what 17 times 36 equals?

echo "17 * 36" | bc

norbert.