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Old 01-09-2003, 05:54 AM   #1
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Bash variables

Hi all!

Does anyone know if there is any other variable in bash, except string ofcourse, which can contain for example the value 1.6 ???

I have to do some calculations with that and dont want to multiply everything with 10.
 
Old 01-09-2003, 11:21 AM   #2
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Try the "bc" utility. Example:

bash$ echo "0.5 + 1.6" | bc
2.1
 
Old 01-09-2003, 03:31 PM   #3
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Nop, thats not what i meant. I need it for a monitoring script, to monitor some servers. They don't have bc installed and i really dont want to install it either. The script should run with as less as possible extra programs.
 
  


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