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Re: printf


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: printf
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 10:06:14 +0200
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"Phil E. Fraley" <address@hidden> wrote:

> result:
>
> /home/pef/magd>printf "%.6f\n" "320./57."
> printf: 320./57.: value not completely converted
> 320.000000

I don't see a problem.
Did you expect it to do the division for you?
printf doesn't do that.

You could use bc to do the arithmetic and printing:

  $ echo 'scale=6;320/57'|bc
  5.614035



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