[uae] Re: Very ugly hdfcreator in bash
- From: Markku Sukanen <daikane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: uae@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:02:12 +0300
to, 2005-06-30 kello 12:52 +0200, Gingat Florent kirjoitti:
> Well heuu me again :p
>
> Elmar can you explain me a little this =
>
> count=*`**echo* $2 "2048 * p q" *|* *dc* -*`
>
> I mean i've understand the echo $2 (2 come from the second input) but "2048
> * p q"
>
> I d'ont understand it's a multiplication but what * what :p ?
> *
You're better off if you take the much simpler "integer math environ"
approach of bash, eg.:
count=$(($2 * 2048))
All the stuff within $(( ... )) is treated as quite typical integer math
(no floating point math with bash itself).
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Dai
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