Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:18:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> To: Aaron <aaron@justaaron.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: command-line calculator? Message-ID: <20040625091653.J23771@bsd.billschoolcraft.com> In-Reply-To: <40DC491D.9080502@justaaron.com> References: <36fb6de804062508417917d0b8@mail.gmail.com> <40DC491D.9080502@justaaron.com>
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At Fri, 25 Jun 2004 it looks like Aaron composed: > CD Baby wrote: > > 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? > > $ 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'. > 17*36 > 612 > ^D I usually try this..... echo 17*36 | bc Then you don't have to start and stop bc. -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://billschoolcraft.com
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