Timeline for Can I do basic maths in Bash?
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| Sep 30, 2017 at 12:03 | comment | added | Andreas Hartmann | This should've been the accepted answer. | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 2:27 | comment | added | fpmurphy | Bash can only do integer arithmetic. It cannot do floating point arithmetic like ksh93 or zsh | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 1:05 | comment | added | geekosaur |
The $((expression)) syntax is part of the POSIX sh standard, and derived from ksh.
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| Mar 11, 2011 at 0:59 | comment | added | Kurru | It does seem to be proper bash, since that works. I am ssh-ing into one of my universities clusters | |
| Mar 11, 2011 at 0:46 | history | answered | Seikku Kaita | CC BY-SA 2.5 |