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/*
* *****************************************************************************
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
*
* Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Gavin D. Howard and contributors.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
*
* * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
* list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*
* * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
* this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
* and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
* AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
* ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
* LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
* CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
* SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
* INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
* CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
* ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
* POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* *****************************************************************************
*
* The bc help text.
*
*/
usage: %s [options] [file...]
bc is a command-line, arbitrary-precision calculator with a Turing-complete
language. For details, use `man %s`.
This bc is compatible with both the GNU bc and the POSIX bc spec. See the GNU bc
manual (https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/bc.html) and bc spec
(http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/bc.html)
for details.
This bc has three differences to the GNU bc:
1) Arrays can be passed to the builtin "length" function to get the number of
elements currently in the array. The following example prints "1":
a[0] = 0
length(a[])
2) The precedence of the boolean "not" operator (!) is equal to that of the
unary minus (-), or negation, operator. This still allows POSIX-compliant
scripts to work while somewhat preserving expected behavior (versus C) and
making parsing easier.
3) This bc has many more extensions than the GNU bc does. For details, see the
man page.
This bc also implements the dot (.) extension of the BSD bc.
Options:
-e expr --expression=expr
Run "expr" and quit. If multiple expressions or files (see below) are
given, they are all run before executing from stdin.
-f file --file=file
Run the bc code in "file" and exit. See above as well.
-g --global-stacks
Turn scale, ibase, and obase into stacks. This makes the value of each be
be restored on returning from functions. See the man page for more
details.
-h --help
Print this usage message and exit.
-i --interactive
Force interactive mode.
-l --mathlib
Use predefined math routines:
s(expr) = sine of expr in radians
c(expr) = cosine of expr in radians
a(expr) = arctangent of expr, returning radians
l(expr) = natural log of expr
e(expr) = raises e to the power of expr
j(n, x) = Bessel function of integer order n of x
This bc may load more functions with these options. See the manpage for
details.
-P --no-prompt
Disable the prompt in interactive mode.
-q --quiet
Don't print version and copyright.
-s --standard
Error if any non-POSIX extensions are used.
-w --warn
Warn if any non-POSIX extensions are used.
-v --version
Print version information and copyright and exit.
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