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From: "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com>
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Subject: math, percentage
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:56:35 -0500
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is there a way to do this with built in math instead of running bc ?

tp=`echo "scale=0;(${t}*100)/$T" |bc`

T = some dynamic total number like `ls |wc -l`
t = counter that starts at 1 and incriments as a loop walks through T
tp = percent of total job completed so far

Thanks
Brian K. White  --  brian@aljex.com  --  http://www.aljex.com/bkw/
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