On Friday, 13 October 2017 04:20:19 BST tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > in a video I saw someone using a neat little commandline tool (no gui) > called 'qcalc', with which he performs some interesting calculations. > > I searched the web for it and found this link > https://state-machine.com/qtools/qcalc.html#qcalc_linux > but it is another type of calculator and it has a gui. > > Does someone knows of this commandline tool and what > package/archive/... it is contained in? > > Thanks a lot for any help in advance! > Cheers > Meino
Have a look at GNU bc. $ bc bc 1.06.95 Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For details type `warranty'. 3+5 8 sqrt(16) 4 quit $ man bc shows the capabilities of this calculator which significantly exceed mine and reminds me why I should have paid more attention at school. :-p -- Regards, Mick