Timeline for Can I do basic maths in Bash?
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| Oct 29, 2019 at 23:21 | comment | added | CpILL |
you might also need to add scale to get floating point precision working i.e. echo "scale=2;557/3672" | bc
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| S Sep 4, 2018 at 8:19 | history | suggested | Mr.Web | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
more details on what bc stands for and how to quit
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 17:09 | comment | added | Goose |
For some math problems, you may need to wrap it in quotes, such as echo '0.6 * 12' | bc
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| May 13, 2016 at 9:17 | comment | added | Medhat Helmy | Just for clarity it would be like that : echo 25-5 | bc | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 0:57 | vote | accept | Kurru | ||
| Mar 11, 2011 at 0:29 | vote | accept | Kurru | ||
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| Mar 11, 2011 at 0:14 | history | answered | TestinginProd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |