On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:46:44 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > If YOU, the programmer/scripter, want less precision, then there are > tools available to do that. In bash, there's only one: printf.
$ fltexpr -p " 15 / 8 " 1.875 This is a nice answer. I what way would you tell Bash's printf to print it to you like that, when you don't know this answer beforehand? > But we're going in circles now, so this is my last attempt to reason > with you. Sorry. I honestly had no idea that you felt that way. I am not arguing. I am just curious.
