URGENT NEED: floatting numbers in BASH shell

I have a following piece of code:
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ROOMNIGHTS=`expr $ROOMCOUNT "*" $DAYS` && debug "ROOMNIGHTS=$ROOMNIGHTS"

# occupancy rate
BCCMD="scale=2; $OCCNIGHTS / $ROOMNIGHTS" && debug "BCCMD=$BCCMD"

OCCRATE=`echo $BCCMD | bc` && debug "OCCRATE=$OCCRATE"

echo "last $DAYS days occupancy for $LOCNAME was $OCCRATE"
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when I execute it it gives me next output:
./occ_rate.sh: bc: command not found

last 4 days occupancy for vmware was


What should I use instead of bc to get floating number as a result of division.

Thank's

Eugene

echo $OCCNIGHTS $ROOMNIGHTS | awk '{printf( "%7.2f\n", $1/$2)}'

Thank's a lot.

It worked!!!

Eugene.

Hi again.

I may need your help again with the same script:

I have the following piece of script:

DAYS=`echo $SQLCMD| $SQLPRG | tail -n 1` && debug "DAYS=$DAYS"

ROOMNIGHTS=`expr $ROOMCOUNT "*" $DAYS` && debug "ROOMNIGHTS=$ROOMNIGHTS"

OCCRATE= echo $OCCNIGHTS $ROOMNIGHTS | awk '{printf( "%7.2f\n", $1/$2)}'

echo "last $DAYS days occupancy for $LOCNAME was $OCCRATE"

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My output is following:

[root@kcapp bin]# ./occ_rate.sh
1.15
last 10 days occupancy for vmware was

Why $OCCRATE value is not displayed and how to display it?

Thank's

Eugene.

try

OCCRATE= `echo $OCCNIGHTS $ROOMNIGHTS | awk '{printf( "%7.2f\n", $1/$2)}'`

yes, as jim has shown, add the backquotes but may also need to remove the space after
the "="