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Reputation:

bc command not scaling numbers to decimal places

I am trying to scale my number calculation to one decimal place (with all applicable rounding) using the bc command in linux. This is my test expression:

echo "scale 1; 90 - 70.333" | bc

However, I end up with 3 decimal places:

19.667 is the result.

Any idea how to use bc properly to do this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2315

Answers (1)

RelevantUsername
RelevantUsername

Reputation: 1340

Instead of using 

echo "scale 1; 90 - 70.333" | bc

Try to use 

echo "scale 1; 90 - 70.333/1" | bc

That might do the trick.

Upvotes: 3

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