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On Friday, 13 October 2017 04:20:19 BST tuxic@××××××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> in a video I saw someone using a neat little commandline tool (no gui) |
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> called 'qcalc', with which he performs some interesting calculations. |
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> I searched the web for it and found this link |
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> https://state-machine.com/qtools/qcalc.html#qcalc_linux |
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> but it is another type of calculator and it has a gui. |
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> Does someone knows of this commandline tool and what |
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> package/archive/... it is contained in? |
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> Thanks a lot for any help in advance! |
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> Cheers |
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> Meino |
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Have a look at GNU bc. |
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$ bc |
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bc 1.06.95 |
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Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, |
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Inc. |
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This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. |
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For details type `warranty'. |
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3+5 |
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8 |
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sqrt(16) |
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quit |
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$ |
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man bc shows the capabilities of this calculator which significantly exceed |
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mine and reminds me why I should have paid more attention at school. :-p |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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