I know it's really stupid question, but I don't know how to do this in bash:
20 / 30 * 100
It should be 66.67
but expr is saying 0
, because it doesn't support float.
What command in Linux can replace expr and do this equalation?
bc
will do this for you, but the order is important.
> echo "scale = 2; 20 * 100 / 30" | bc
66.66
> echo "scale = 2; 20 / 30 * 100" | bc
66.00
or, for your specific case:
> export ach_gs=2
> export ach_gs_max=3
> x=$(echo "scale = 2; $ach_gs * 100 / $ach_gs_max" | bc)
> echo $x
66.66
Whatever method you choose, this is ripe for inclusion as a function to make your life easier:
#!/bin/bash
function pct () {
echo "scale = $3; $1 * 100 / $2" | bc
}
x=$(pct 2 3 2) ; echo $x # gives 66.66
x=$(pct 1 6 0) ; echo $x # gives 16