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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Obvious Tip: Calling Windows "Calc" from Prompt
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:42:27 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of zzapper
> Sent: 06 August 2004 18:34

> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:53:20 +0100,  wrote:
> 
> You can also script bc
> echo 2+4 | bc -l 


  For the quickest command-line calculator, if you're using bash you can
just use arithmetic expansion, e.g:

dk AT mace /davek> echo $(( 5 * 23 + 17 ))
132
dk AT mace /davek>


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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