Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:18:30 +0100 (CET) | From | Tim Schmielau <> | Subject | Re: sed _s_gnu_alternatives_ (Re: [rft] (g)awk substitution) |
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Oleg Verych wrote:
> In Debian's version it has no `bc', while native `bc' is producing > crap like that: > ,-*- bash -*- > |olecom@flower:~$ printf "%u" $(( -1 )) ; echo > |18446744073709551615 > |olecom@flower:~$ echo -1 | bc > |-1 > |olecom@flower:~$ printf "%u" $(( 0xFF )) ; echo > |255 > |olecom@flower:~$ echo FF | bc > |99 > |olecom@flower:~$ echo F | bc > |15 > |olecom@flower:~$ > `-*- > > i can't understand the result... I think linux/scripts/makelst may be > updated to have sh's version of address calculation ;)
No, IMHO that should not be a reason to change anything in the kernel. Just set ibase=16 or read the fine manual: info '(bc)About Expressions and Special Variables'
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