bc

Name

bc -- An arbitrary precision calculator language

Description

bc is as specified in the SUS but with differences as listed below.

Differences

-s, --standard

processes exactly the POSIX bc language.

-w, --warn

gives warnings for extensions to POSIX bc.

LSB Deprecated Differences

The behaviors specified in this section are expected to disappear from a future version of the LSB; applications should only use the non-LSB-deprecated behaviors.

-q, --quiet

does not print the normal welcome message.

-v, --version

prints the version number and copyright and quits.