Hi All,
How we can handle decimals in (Float) in UNIX.
a=73
b=5
c=`expr a / b`
i am getting 14 but i need full 14.6 .
Can any one help me pls? (1 Reply)
I need to get 15% of the variable exer1 to be added to other exercises
so far, i've got
exer1=$1
aver=`expr $exer \* .15`
but i keep getting an error that an integer value was expected. Is there anyway around this? (1 Reply)
Hi Experts,
I have a command that gives me the output as below
root@ckpgpay11core> cat sara | awk '{ sum += $1} ; END { print sum }' | awk {'print $1/90'}
8.88889
how do i remove the decimal spaces so that the figure will round itself to 9?
Thanks. (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to find if there is a way to convert regular decimal values to Paced decimal values. I tried to find a c program but I could get a Packed converted to regular decimal not the other way round.
If not unix please let me know if any other progrimming language I can use to do... (2 Replies)
How to multiple decimals in Linux?
When I do it like this i get an error message
echo "$((1 * 1.1))"
-bash: 1 * 1.1: syntax error in expression (error token is ".1") (4 Replies)
Hello,
I want to run a loop with non-integer values (which I know I can't) so I've created a loop of integers and divided it by 10. However, these values are always rounded down to 1 significant figure. How do I get the script to keep and use the decimal value?
My script is as follows
#... (1 Reply)
Hello...
I am new to unix and I am wondering if in a C-shell script , Are we supposed to use only whole numbers........ for example..if a program needs to calculate the average of some numbers........
@ avg = (($1 +$2 + $3)/3)) is returning a whole number.........How can a decimal be achieved... (1 Reply)
I am trying to get date to display decimal
Desired output 1350386096256.12
I know this can be done with printf, but are not able to make it work.
I have tested this and many otherprintf "%.2f" $(($(date +%s%N)/1000000)) (8 Replies)
Hello,
Im trying to work on a small script for a formula converting temperatures, Celsius to fahrenheit.
I have a formula, and it works.... it works every way I try it. But it keeps giving me the wrong results every time with expr.
The formula for C to F would be:
divide by 5, multiply by... (12 Replies)
Hello,
i'm new in python. Consider that i have this function that read me some data from a serial :
def GetData():
line = open(serialx).read()
hash = line.find("#")
when = line
count = line
# print when, count, line
return (float(when), int(count))
it gives me the result... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
shell-quote
SHELL-QUOTE(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SHELL-QUOTE(1)NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
DESCRIPTION
shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
or files with embedded white space or shell globbing characters safely. Here are a few examples.
EXAMPLES
ssh preserving args
When running a remote command with ssh, ssh doesn't preserve the separate arguments it receives. It just joins them with spaces and
passes them to "$SHELL -c". This doesn't work as intended:
ssh host touch 'hi there' # fails
It creates 2 files, hi and there. Instead, do this:
cmd=`shell-quote touch 'hi there'`
ssh host "$cmd"
This gives you just 1 file, hi there.
process find output
It's not ordinarily possible to process an arbitrary list of files output by find with a shell script. Anything you put in $IFS to
split up the output could legitimately be in a file's name. Here's how you can do it using shell-quote:
eval set -- `find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 shell-quote --`
debug shell scripts
shell-quote is better than echo for debugging shell scripts.
debug() {
[ -z "$debug" ] || shell-quote "debug:" "$@"
}
With echo you can't tell the difference between "debug 'foo bar'" and "debug foo bar", but with shell-quote you can.
save a command for later
shell-quote can be used to build up a shell command to run later. Say you want the user to be able to give you switches for a command
you're going to run. If you don't want the switches to be re-evaluated by the shell (which is usually a good idea, else there are
things the user can't pass through), you can do something like this:
user_switches=
while [ $# != 0 ]
do
case x$1 in
x--pass-through)
[ $# -gt 1 ] || die "need an argument for $1"
user_switches="$user_switches "`shell-quote -- "$2"`
shift;;
# process other switches
esac
shift
done
# later
eval "shell-quote some-command $user_switches my args"
OPTIONS --debug
Turn debugging on.
--help
Show the usage message and die.
--version
Show the version number and exit.
AVAILABILITY
The code is licensed under the GNU GPL. Check http://www.argon.org/~roderick/ or CPAN for updated versions.
AUTHOR
Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
perl v5.16.3 2010-06-11 SHELL-QUOTE(1)