BASH question

[Johannes Christian]

M.Lewis wrote:
>
> I thought this was simple, but I've not yet been able to figure out 
> what is wrong.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> PERMINUTE=$((28.95/432000))
> echo "$PERMINUTE"
>
>
> What I'm looking for is $PERMINUTE to be the value of 28.95/43200.
>
> I thought I had the syntax correct, but when I execute it I get:
>
> ./calc2.sh: line 3: 28.95/432000: syntax error in expression (error 
> token is ".95/432000")
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
maybe $man bash can help you a lot, try using (,) comma, instead of (.) dot

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