On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 10:56:03PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > G.W. Haywood wrote: > > ~$> echo "24 * 365.25" | bc > > 8766.00 > > > > but I only did this to illustrate the more compact use of some system > > tools, in this case 'echo', 'bc' and a pipe. :) > > While I am a long time bc user and won't knock it I might still > suggest alternatives just because... If we stick to integers then the > shell does this quite well. > > echo $(( 24 * 365 )) > 8760 I never think of doing that. But so handy. I learn something new every day here. If only I didn't forget them afterwards...
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