Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:38:09 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: Child <child@mctcnet.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sh/csh sums? Message-ID: <199805161336.GAA15216@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 16 May 1998 00:31:23 CDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980516002949.4486A-100000@sommer.dyn.ml.org>
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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. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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