#!/bin/bash # calc--A command line calculator that acts as a frontend to bc scale=2 show_help() { cat << EOF In addition to standard math functions, calc also supports: a % b remainder of a/b a ^ b exponential: a raised to the b power s(x) sine of x, x in radians c(x) cosine of x, x in radians a(x) arctangent of x, in radians l(x) natural log of x e(x) exponential log of raising e to the x j(n,x) Bessel function of integer order n of x scale N show N fractional digits (default = 2) EOF } if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then exec scriptbc "$@" fi echo "Calc--a simple calculator. Enter 'help' for help, 'quit' to quit." /bin/echo -n "calc> " while read command args do case $command in quit|exit) exit 0 ;; help|\?) show_help ;; scale) scale=$args ;; *) scriptbc -p $scale "$command" "$args" ;; esac /bin/echo -n "calc> " done echo "" exit 0