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Subject: Re: command-line calculator?
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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.


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