Simple calculation (math) in Bash using ‘bc’

By neokrates, written on September 6, 2010

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user@host:~$ echo "1+2.3"|bc
3.3
user@host:~$ echo "1-2.3"|bc
-1.3
user@host:~$ echo "1.2*2.3"|bc
2.7
 
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