=== bc ===
You can use bc in bash to do maths calculations with decimals. The man pages can be found:
<sxh bash>
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?bc+1
</sxh>
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== Example Calulation ==
<sxh bash>
bc -l <<< "20 / ( 20 + 80) * 100 "
</sxh>
The output looks like:
<sxh bash>
20.00000000000000000000
</sxh>
<sxh bash>
-l = --mathlib = Defines the standard math library
</sxh>
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=== Limiting the decimal place ===
You can then use this with printf to limit the number of decimals shown:
\\The example below shows the results to 3 decimal places. You can replace the 3 with what ever value you wish to place
<sxh bash>
printf "%.3f\n" $(bc -l <<< "20 / ( 20 + 80) * 100 ")
</sxh>
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You can also use bc with variables:
<sxh bash>
bc -l <<< "($used / ( $free + $used) ) * 100 ")
</sxh>
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=== Comparing Decimals with bc ===
You are able to compare decimal numbers using bc. The output will return 1 or 0 depending on the results. You can then use this with an if statment -le / -ge etc
<sxh bash>
1.4 '<' 1.3 | bc -l
</sxh>
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<sxh bash>
example= $(echo 1.4 '<' 1.3 | bc -l)
if [ $example-eq 0 ]; then
elif [ $example-eq 1  ]; then
fi
</sxh>