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# 1  
Old 07-19-2011
Tools Math action in ksh
Hello,
I want to do div action in ksh and get the full result(with leftover).

i.e.
4/3=1.33
and not
4/3=1
# 2  
Old 07-19-2011
Code:
 echo "scale=2; 4 / 3" | bc

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# 3  
Old 07-19-2011
Code:
 
$ echo "4 3" | nawk '{printf("%0.4s\n",$1/$2)}'
1.33

# 4  
Old 07-19-2011
Code:
$ printf "%2.2f\n" $(( 4.0/3 ))
1.33

# 5  
Old 07-19-2011
With some versions even:

Code:
zsh-4.3.11[radoulov]% ksh -c 'print ${.sh.version}; printf "%2.2f\n" 4.0/3'
Version JM 93t+ 2010-06-21
1.33

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