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Calculate variable, and output it to another variable
The only calculator I know is bc. I want to add 1 to a variable, and output to another variable.
I got the nextnum variable from counting string in a file:
nextnum=`grep -o stringtocount ...
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How to define a `bc` function for later use?
I've always found bc kind of mysterious and intriguing. It was one of the original Unix programs. And it's a programming language unto itself. So I gladly take any chance I can find to use it.
Since ...
