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32 * The dc help text.
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35
36usage: %s [options] [file...]
37
38dc is a reverse-polish notation command-line calculator which supports unlimited
39precision arithmetic. For details, use `man %s` or see the online documentation
40at https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc/src/tag/%s/manuals/bc/%s.1.md.
41
42This dc is (mostly) compatible with the OpenBSD dc and the GNU dc. See the
43OpenBSD man page (http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man1/dc.1) and the GNU
44dc manual (https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/dc-1.05/html_mono/dc.html)
45for details.
46
47This dc has a few differences from the two above:
48
49  1) When printing a byte stream (command "P"), this bc follows what the FreeBSD
50     dc does.
51  2) This dc implements the GNU extensions for divmod ("~") and modular
52     exponentiation ("|").
53  3) This dc implements all FreeBSD extensions, except for "J" and "M".
54  4) This dc does not implement the run command ("!"), for security reasons.
55  5) Like the FreeBSD dc, this dc supports extended registers. However, they are
56     implemented differently. When it encounters whitespace where a register
57     should be, it skips the whitespace. If the character following is not
58     a lowercase letter, an error is issued. Otherwise, the register name is
59     parsed by the following regex:
60
61       [a-z][a-z0-9_]*
62
63     This generally means that register names will be surrounded by whitespace.
64
65     Examples:
66
67       l idx s temp L index S temp2 < do_thing
68
69     Also note that, unlike the FreeBSD dc, extended registers are not even
70     parsed unless the "-x" option is given. Instead, the space after a command
71     that requires a register name is taken as the register name.
72
73Options:
74{{ A H N HN }}
75
76  -E  seed  --seed=seed
77
78      Sets the builtin variable seed to the given value assuming that the given
79      value is in base 10. It is a fatal error if the given value is not a valid
80      number.
81{{ end }}
82
83  -e  expr  --expression=expr
84
85      Run "expr" and quit. If multiple expressions or files (see below) are
86      given, they are all run. After running, dc will exit.
87
88  -f  file  --file=file
89
90      Run the dc code in "file" and exit. See above.
91
92  -h  --help
93
94      Print this usage message and exit.
95
96  -I  ibase  --ibase=ibase
97
98      Sets the builtin variable ibase to the given value assuming that the given
99      value is in base 10. It is a fatal error if the given value is not a valid
100      number.
101
102  -i  --interactive
103
104      Put dc into interactive mode. See the man page for more details.
105
106  -L  --no-line-length
107
108      Disable line length checking.
109
110  -O  obase  --obase=obase
111
112      Sets the builtin variable obase to the given value assuming that the given
113      value is in base 10. It is a fatal error if the given value is not a valid
114      number.
115
116  -P  --no-prompt
117
118      Disable the prompts in interactive mode.
119
120  -R  --no-read-prompt
121
122      Disable the read prompt in interactive mode.
123
124  -S  scale  --scale=scale
125
126      Sets the builtin variable scale to the given value assuming that the given
127      value is in base 10. It is a fatal error if the given value is not a valid
128      number.
129
130  -V  --version
131
132      Print version and copyright and exit.
133
134  -x  --extended-register
135
136      Enable extended register mode.
137
138  -z  --leading-zeroes
139
140      Enable leading zeroes on numbers greater than -1 and less than 1.
141
142Environment variables:
143
144  DC_ENV_ARGS
145
146      Command-line arguments to use on every run.
147
148  DC_LINE_LENGTH
149
150      If an integer, the number of characters to print on a line before
151      wrapping. Using 0 will disable line length checking.
152
153  DC_SIGINT_RESET
154
155      If an integer and non-zero, reset on SIGINT, rather than exit, when in
156      interactive mode.
157
158      Overrides the default, which is %s.
159
160  DC_TTY_MODE
161
162      If an integer and non-zero, enable TTY mode when it is available.
163
164      Overrides the default, which is TTY mode %s.
165
166  DC_PROMPT
167
168      If an integer and non-zero, enable prompt when TTY mode is possible.
169
170      Overrides the default, which is prompt %s.
171
172  DC_EXPR_EXIT
173
174      If an integer and non-zero, exit when expressions or expression files are
175      given on the command-line, and does not exit when an integer and zero.
176
177      Overrides the default, which is %s.
178