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Subject: Re: sh/csh sums? 
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.980516002949.4486A-100000@sommer.dyn.ml.org>, Child w
rites:
} HI all
} 
} I am looking for a way to get sh/csh to do simple sums
} ie 145553/1024 
} 
} thanks
} JS

To pick a nit, that's not a sum, but to answer your question as it applies to
sh:

$ echo $((145553/1024))
142

Most older versions of sh will either not have this feature, or it'll be
limited to addition and subtraction.  Newer (POSIX-ized) versions generally
do OK in this regard.  

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   Jon Hamilton  
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