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calc

An interactive arbitrary-precision calculator in the terminal. More information: https://github.com/lcn2/calc.
  • Start calc in interactive mode:
    calc
  • Perform a calculation in non-interactive mode:
    calc '{{85 * (36 / 4)}}'
  • Perform a calculation without any output formatting (for use with pipes):
    calc -p '{{4/3 * pi() * 5^3}}'
  • Perform a calculation and then switch to [i]nteractive mode:
    calc -i '{{sqrt(2)}}'
  • Start calc in a specific permission [m]ode (0 to 7, defaults to 7):
    calc -m {{mode}}
  • View an introduction to calc:
    calc help intro
  • View an overview of calc:
    calc help overview
  • Open the calc manual:
    calc help

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