[SOLVED] Bash scripting decimal multiplication

SupKurtJ · 2022-12-03 17:34:15

Hi,

I have an error with this syntax in bash :

#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo $((0.03*100))

It work in the terminal, but not on the script.

Do you have an idea please ?

Thanks

Last edited by SupKurtJ (2022-12-05 14:23:57)

seth · 2022-12-03 17:47:14

It work in the terminal

echo $SHELL

Trilby · 2022-12-03 17:56:33

Bash (along with most of the common *nix shells) do not handle floating point arithmetic themselves. You can use bc/cd for this - or depending on the need and source of the data, you can just change the effective units (e.g., many thermal sensors give values in thousandths of a degree - there is no decimal, so 18 degrees would be 18000; the last three digits can be trimmed or a demicimal inserted for display when printed).

Last edited by Trilby (2022-12-03 17:57:21)

seth · 2022-12-03 18:00:28

Trilby wrote:

Bash (along with most of the common inferior *nix shells) do not handle floating point arithmetic themselves.

ftfy, cause zsh does
Hence the inquiry on his interactive shell…

SupKurtJ · 2022-12-03 23:03:16

Indeed my terminal uses the zsh shell.
The script use bash.

I didn't know bash was this limitation concerning floating point arithmetic.

So either I use zsh on my script, or I use the bc package.

Thanks for your answers.

Last edited by SupKurtJ (2022-12-03 23:03:41)

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