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/usr/bin/bc

An arbitrary precision numeric processing language (calculator)

From bc 1.08.2-r9 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running bc --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: /usr/bin/bc [options] [file ...]
  -h  --help         print this usage and exit
  -i  --interactive  force interactive mode
  -l  --mathlib      use the predefined math routines
  -q  --quiet        don't print initial banner
  -s  --standard     non-standard bc constructs are errors
  -w  --warn         warn about non-standard bc constructs
  -v  --version      print version information and exit

Please report bugs to <bug-bc@gnu.org>
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --help--help print this usage and exithelp + man
-i, --interactive--interactive force interactive modehelp + man
-l, --mathlib--mathlib use the predefined math routineshelp + man
-q, --quietDo not print the normal GNU bc welcome.help + man
-s, --standard--standard non-standard bc constructs are errorshelp + man
-w, --warn--warn warn about non-standard bc constructshelp + man
-v, --versionPrint the version number and copyright and quit.help + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.