Re: math, percentage

[Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the last episode (Dec 31), Brian K. White said:
> 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

(( tp=t*100/T ))

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	Dan Nelson
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