On 07Sep2006 00:49, Khoa Ton <khoa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | This should work for you: | | PERMINUTE=$(echo "5 k 28.95 432000 / p" | dc) | | I find dc (man dc) very useful for floating point arithmetic. I hate to tell you this, but dc does fixed point arithmetic, not floating point. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy, wealthy, and dead. - James Thurber