bc
An arbitrary precision calculator language.
See also: dc
.
More information: https://manned.org/man/bc.1.
- Start an interactive session:
bc
- Start an interactive session with the standard math library enabled:
bc --mathlib
- Calculate an expression:
echo '{{5 / 3}}' | bc
- Execute a script:
bc {{path/to/script.bc}}
- Calculate an expression with the specified scale:
echo 'scale = {{10}}; {{5 / 3}}' | bc
- Calculate a sine/cosine/arctangent/natural logarithm/exponential function using
mathlib
:echo '{{s|c|a|l|e}}({{1}})' | bc --mathlib
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