command-line calculator?

[Aaron]

CD Baby wrote:
> What simple built-in command-line tools are available if I want to
> just do some simple math on the command line?
> 
> If I'm there in a shell, and need to know what 17 times 36 equals?

$ bc
bc 1.06
Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.
17*36
612
^D

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Aaron
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