bash - do calulations / math / addition / subtraction in bash

Posted by rolf on Thursday, 5 March 2015

1. Remove leading zeros

num=0004;
num=$(expr $num + 0)
echo $num;   # output: 4

2. subtract integers

num=3;
subtract=50;
numNew=$(( $num - $subtract));
echo $numNew; #result: -47

3. divide

num_half=$(expr $num / 2)

 

 

 

 

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