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dealing with float numbers in bash

Posted on 2024-06-12 | by root

Dealing with float numbers in bash can be a bit tricky since bash natively supports only integer arithmetic. However, you can perform floating-point arithmetic using external tools. Here we will walk through few methods to handle floating-point numbers in bash.

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Posted in Tips and tricks, Tutorials | Tagged awk, bc, float, number

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