THANK YOU...that is exactly what I was looking for!!!
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: OT: EXPR
> Cameron Simpson wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 12:36:52AM -0500, Anthony Capone
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > | I need something that I can call in a script...bc would be kind of
hard to
> > | do, I think....
> >
> > You think wrong:
> >
> > foo=`echo "2 / 3" | bc`
> >
>
> foo=`echo "scale = 5; 2 / 3" | bc`
>
> Worked better for me. This is pretty cool stuff. I never heard of bc
> before.
>
> Bret
>
>
>
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