Hi All,

I have two variables like below..

ETIMEHR =03            #END TIME HOUR
ETIMEMIN=02            #END TIME MIN

ETIMEMINCONV=`echo "scale=2; $ETIMEMIN/60" | bc`

Can you show more (like "the loop")? For which values is it not working? Can you run the script with -x (set -x) to start debugging the problem?

(I trust that the space before the = in "ETIMEHR =03" is not really there in your actual script)

But no need of ETIMEHR here know.

i didnt get the debug part which you told me above since i'm not a unix programmer.

and yeah in my script set -x is there but how i can find out or debug where i'm getting the error?

I did a test...

$ cat Test
set -x

X=1

for I in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
  X=$(echo "scale=2; $X/$I" | bc)
  echo $X $I
done

$ ./Test
+ X=1
+ + bc
+ echo scale=2; 1/1
X=1.00
+ echo 1.00 1
1.00 1
+ + echo scale=2; 1.00/2
+ bc
X=.50
+ echo .50 2
.50 2
...

i dont have the exact code with me now.. It is there in my office system.

i will do as per your suggestion tomorrow and let you know.. Thanks a lot for your advice.

---------- Post updated at 05:36 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:29 AM ----------

hi scottn

ENDDAY=11/25/09
+ + echo 11/25/09
ENDMM=11/25/09
+ + awk -F/ {print $2}
+ echo 11/25/09
ENDDD=25
+ + awk -F/ {print $3}
+ cut -c1-2
+ echo 11/25/09
ENDYY=09
+ + grep -i $PATH
+ awk -F; {print $21}
+ awk -F  {print $2}
+ awk -F: {print $1}
+ sort -u
ETIMEHR=06
+ + awk -F; {print $21}
+ awk -F: {print $2}
+ grep -i $PATH
+ sort -u
+ awk -F  {print $2}
ETIMEMIN=02
+ + bc
/60cho scale=2;02
ETIMEMINCONV=syntax error on line 1, 
+ print  syntax error on line 1,  
 syntax error on line 1,

 + grep -i $PATH
+ awk -F; {print $21}
+ cut -d  -f1
+ sed -e s/\$/ /g
ENDDAY=11/30/09
+ + echo 11/30/09
ENDMM=11/30/09
+ + awk -F/ {print $2}
+ echo 11/30/09
ENDDD=30
+ + awk -F/ {print $3}
+ echo 11/30/09
+ cut -c1-2
ENDYY=09
+ + awk -F; {print $21}
+ awk -F: {print $1}
+ grep -i $PATH
+ sort -u
+ awk -F  {print $2}
ETIMEHR=09
+ + grep $PATH
+ awk -F; {print $21}
+ awk -F  {print $2}
+ awk -F: {print $2}
+ sort -u
ETIMEMIN=51
+ X=51
+ + bc
+ echo scale=2; (51/60)
ETIMEMINCONV=.85
+ print  .85
 .85

Perhaps your version of bc has problem with the leading zero. What happens if you use:

ETIMEMINCONV=`echo "scale=2; ${ETIMEMIN##0}/60" | bc`

hey i dont know what was wrong.. i just multiplied first by 1000 to the value of ETIMEMIN then instead of deviding by 60 i used 60000..so it is working fine now

Thanks for all your reply...