"Phil E. Fraley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > result: > > /home/pef/magd>printf "%.6f\n" "320./57." > printf: 320./57.: value not completely converted > 320.000000 I don't see a problem. Did you expect it to do the division for you? printf doesn't do that. You could use bc to do the arithmetic and printing: $ echo 'scale=6;320/57'|bc 5.614035 _______________________________________________ Bug-sh-utils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-sh-utils
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