http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/the-geeky-command-prompt-calculator/ Tiny Tips for the Common Geek Wed, 23 May 2012 14:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/the-geeky-command-prompt-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Mars Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:22 +0000 http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/the-geeky-command-prompt-calculator/#comment-424 When calc(){ awk "BEGIN{ print $* }" ;} is entered in my terminal all it does is launch the calculator in windows 7 When calc(){ awk “BEGIN{ print $* }” ;} is entered in my terminal all it does is launch the calculator in windows 7

]]> http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/the-geeky-command-prompt-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Benjamin Jones Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:42:28 +0000 http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/the-geeky-command-prompt-calculator/#comment-201 You could use "bc" as well and have use of more functions than awk understands, e.g. calc(){ echo $* | bc -l ; } $ calc "l(1.0585)" 0.05685281159278279480 You could use “bc” as well and have use of more functions than awk understands, e.g.
calc(){ echo $* | bc -l ; }
$ calc “l(1.0585)”
0.05685281159278279480

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