I've found that awk(1) is more useful
(rather, more powerful) for doing
programmed computations (number
crunching, etc.), where hoc(1) is
more of a convenience for basic
calculations.


Best,
ak

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Alexander Sychev <santu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> IFAIK, hoc(1) hasn't got such possibility.
> awk(1) can help:
>
> $ hoc -e PI | awk '{printf "%2.2f", $0}'
> 3.14
>
> On Wed, 12 May 2010 14:24:57 +0400, Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.syk...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> is there any way to control the output format of hoc(1), i.e. e.g. the
>> number of decimal places printed?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ruda
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  santucco
>
>

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