Command-line tool

bc

brew/bc

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Arbitrary precision numeric processing language

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install bc

macOS

brew install bc

Linux

brew install bc

Start an interactive session

bc

Start an interactive session with the standard math library enabled

bc -i -l

Calculate an expression

echo '5 / 3' | bc

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