Linux Command Line – Shell Scripts: Basics of using bc to perform calculations

This video was created for students in my college class on using the Linux/UNIX command line (tonysako.com). In this video you will learn the basics of how to use the bc command to perform arithmetic calculations. You will learn how to use bc from the command line, as well as how to pipe calculations into bc in a script. You will also learn how to handle operators such as * that have special meaning to the shell.