float in shell script code example
Example 1: how to store float values in shell script
# x will have value for any operation user does in place of '9/5'
x=`echo | awk "{print 9/5}"`
echo $xExample 2: bash float
bc <<< '0.3333+0.6666' # Get sum of floats in bash.
0.99 #Same for Substraction and Multiplication
bc -l <<< '10/3' # Fast way to get division
3.33333333333333333333
bc <<< 'scale=2; 10/3' #Define also how many decimals to take in scale
3.33