Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 01:25:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: command-line calculator? Message-ID: <20040626082512.68143.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040625212334.2FF0316A4EC@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > 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
Even simpler (at least in ksh or bash):
echo $((36 * 27))
(Of course, I'm one of those oddballs who not only CAN use dc(1), but likes
to.)
Mark Terribile
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