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From: smileyf@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Shutoku Shia)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: sh(1) command substitution and here documents
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Date: 26 Jun 88 01:10:55 GMT
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one other soln. is (instead of using here doc):

#!/bin/sh
float_var=`echo "scale = 4; 3/4" | bc"`

	Shutoku Shia

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