FPDIVIDE
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NAME
fpdivide, fpmultiply, fpadd, fpsubtract -
floating point math programs for shell scripts
SYNOPSIS
fpdivide
num1 num2
# performs the division
num1 / num2
fpmultiply
num1 num2
# performs the multiplication
num1 * num2
fpadd
num1 num2
# performs the addition
num1 + num2
fpsubtract
num1 num2
# performs the subtraction
num1 - num2
DESCRIPTION
These commands, which are really links to the same program, perform
the floating point arithmetical operations as listed above, and print
their result (with a precision of two decimal digits) on the standard
output.
They are designed to add simple floating point arithmetic to Bourne and
Korn shell scripts.
INSTALLATION
Compile the source file,
fpdivide.c,
copy the resulting executable into your local
bin
directory, and make additional links
fpmultiply, fpadd,
and
fpsubtract
to the same binary.
AUTHOR
Wolf N. Paul, ihnp4!killer!dcs!wnp
Released into the Public Domain, Jan 18, 1988
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