Random Wisdom » calculator http://scrolls.mafgani.net An attempt at organizing my thoughts ... Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:54:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 BASH as a simple calculator http://scrolls.mafgani.net/2006/09/bash-as-simple-calculator/ http://scrolls.mafgani.net/2006/09/bash-as-simple-calculator/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:27:00 +0000 Mostafa http://scrolls.mafgani.net/?p=72 As long as you are satisfied with integer results:

[darkknight@darkworld ~]$ echo $[32 * 98]
3136
[darkknight@darkworld ~]$ echo $[332 / 98]
3
[darkknight@darkworld ~]$ echo $[29 + 56]
85
[darkknight@darkworld ~]$ echo $[29 - 156]
-127

For full precision, one can use bc:

$ bc -l
bc 1.06
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332/98
3.38775510204081632653
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