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Old 12-30-2008
Airthmatic Expression

Hi,

I want to calculate in terms of power.
for example = 16 pow 2 =256
i don't know what function to use in unix to calculate power.

Please help me.


ravi
# 2  
Old 12-30-2008
Code:
echo "16^2" | bc

# 3  
Old 12-30-2008
Thank you very much for the help.
but i didnt get the meaning of echo "16^2" | bc
if you can explain briefly it will be of great help.

Thank you
ravi
# 4  
Old 12-30-2008
Here we make use of bc, a calculator utility.

Code:
man bc

The expression 16^2 is piped to bc to get the expected result.
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