Brent Saner on 30 Aug 2007 17:30:24 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] bash command missing

  • From: "Brent Saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>
  • To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
  • Subject: Re: [PLUG] bash command missing
  • Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:30:08 -0400
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wasn't there some discussion on bash not being included with ubuntu a  bit ago?

i'm not sure which release it started with. you might want to be 100% sure you're using the bash shell first

On 8/30/07, Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:54:34PM -0400, W. Chris Shank said:
> I'm trying to script something that requires the 'bc' function/command
> in bash. On my Ubuntu Dapper box I get an error command not found
> (echo 3/4|bc -l). this function/command works on debian. anyone know
> what package I need to install for this?

Not to be too obvious, but: bc.
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