#!/bin/bash acc=0 in="first" prompt="calc:" pi="3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971694" e="2.7182818284590452353602874713526624977572471" # check first word for special commands command_check() { case "$(echo $1 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" in "y") echo "$2" | tr -d '~' | xclip -selection clipboard return 1 ;; "yank") echo "$2" | tr -d '~' | xclip -selection clipboard return 1 ;; *) return 0 ;; esac } while [ "$in" != "" ]; do in=$(echo "" | dmenu -q -h 18 -nb $1 -nf $2 -sb $3 -sf $4 -p "$prompt") if [[ $(command_check "$in" "$acc") -eq 1 ]]; then break fi # replace "ans" with the previous value in=$(echo $in | sed -e "s/ans/$acc/g") out=$(echo "pi=$pi; e=$e; $acc $in" | calc -p 2>&1) if [ "${?#0}" != "" ]; then out=$(echo "$out" | tr -d "\n") if [ "$out" = "Missing operator" ]; then out=$(echo "pi=$pi; e=$e; $in" | calc -p 2>&1) if [ "${?#0}" != "" ]; then out=$(echo "$out" | tr -d "\n") prompt="calc: ($acc) err: $out" else acc=$out prompt="calc: ($acc)" fi else out=$(echo "$out" | tr -d "\n") prompt="calc: ($acc) err: $out" fi fi done