topical media & game development
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basic-shell-11-debug-call.sh / sh



  
  # Shows another error, harder to find.
  
  # Using bc for math.
  # Calculates sales tax.
  
  echo -n "Please enter the amount of purchase: "
  read amount
  echo
  
  echo -n "Please enter the total sales tax: "
  read rate
  echo
  
  result=$( echo "
  scale=2; tax=amount\*rate/100.00;total=amount+tax;print total" | bc )
  
  echo "The total with sales tax is: $ result."
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