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Subject: command-line calculator?
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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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