tldr/pages/common/bc.md

bc

An arbitrary precision calculator language. See also: dc. More information: https://manned.org/man/bc.1.

• Start an interactive session:

bc

• Start an interactive session with the standard math library enabled:

bc --mathlib

• Calculate an expression:

echo '{{5 / 3}}' | bc

• Execute a script:

bc {{path/to/script.bc}}

• Calculate an expression with the specified scale:

echo 'scale = {{10}}; {{5 / 3}}' | bc

• Calculate a sine/cosine/arctangent/natural logarithm/exponential function using mathlib:

echo '{{s|c|a|l|e}}({{1}})' | bc --mathlib