Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:06:03 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: "Christopher J. Umina" <uminac@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD Question Mailing List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: expr replacement Message-ID: <20020823070603.GN785@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20020823021838.V67143-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> References: <20020823021838.V67143-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com>
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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
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