Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:49:49 -0400 From: Paul Bissex <paul.bissex@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: command-line calculator? Message-ID: <1001523104062508497a2a101a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <36fb6de804062508417917d0b8@mail.gmail.com> References: <36fb6de804062508417917d0b8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:41:02 -0700, CD Baby <cdbaby@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> What simple built-in command-line tools are available if I want to
> just do some simple math on the command line?
Here are two possibilities:
:~> man -k calculator
bc(1) - An arbitrary precision calculator language
dc(1) - an arbitrary precision calculator
=20
=20
=20
=20
~> bc
bc 1.06
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.=20
17 * 36
612
=20
=20
=20
=20
~> dc
17 36 * p
612
--=20
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