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Old 07-21-2008
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Wink printf reformats output, or can do a bc function

Code:
> x1=1234.20
> echo $x1
1234.20
> echo $(printf "%.4f" "$x1")
1234.2000

something else to think about


Code:
> x2=1234.2000
> x3=$(echo "$x1"-"$x2" | bc)
> echo $x3
0

Perhaps one of these approaches will help you.