Unix/linux shell scripting floating point division

Question

I have to divide two floating point values and store it in variable. My code below v_missedvol=4003.03 v_allvolume=3003.03 v_vol_temp= $(echo "$v_missedvol / $v_allvolume" | bc -l )

the result that I get is

-ksh: =1.33299700635691285135: not found [No such file or directory]

further , I need the value to be stored as

v_volume_total=1.3329 *100

Please help with this , Thanks !

Solution

You have a small syntax error. there may be no space between v_vol_tem= and $(echo ...

try

v_vol_temp=$(echo "$v_missedvol / $v_allvolume" | bc -l )

Comments

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Please clarify what you mean with the last line. Do you need to store the result of 1.3329*100? do you need to truncate the result before multiplication? Do you want to store the actual formula "1.3329 *100"?

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