\section math math - Perform mathematics calculations \subsection math-synopsis Synopsis <tt>math EXPRESSION</tt> \subsection math-description Description math is used to perform mathematical calcualtions. It is only a very thin wrapper for the bc program, that makes it possible to specify an expression from the commandline without using non-standard extensions or a pipeline. Simply use a command like <code>math 1+1</code>. For a description of the syntax supported by math, see the manual for the bc program.