2006/9/7, M.Lewis <cajun@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Andy Green wrote: > M.Lewis wrote: > >> PERMINUTE=$(echo "scale=10; (28.95 / 432000" | bc )) > > PERMINUTE=`echo "scale=10; 28.95 / 432000" | bc` > > Khoa's method works too. > Perfect! Thank you so much Andy. I wasn't ignoring Khoa's method, I was simply trying to do one thing at a time. Thanks very much to both you and Khoa! Mike
The error in your formulation relate to the closed ")"; try the following: PERMINUTE=$(echo "scale=10; (28.95 / 432000)" | bc) I prefer the $() notation instead of "``". Try to nest more command substitution ... HTH -- Alessandro Brezzi
