#!/bin/bash acc=0 in="first" prompt="calc:" pi="3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971694" e="2.7182818284590452353602874713526624977572471" while [ "$in" != "" ]; do in=$(echo "" | dmenu -q -h 18 -nb $1 -nf $2 -sb $3 -sf $4 -p "$prompt") out=$(echo "pi=$pi; e=$e; $acc $in" | calc -p 2>&1 | tr -d "\n") if [ "$out" = "Missing operator" ]; then out=$(echo "pi=$pi; e=$e; $in" | calc -p 2>&1) fi # check for error output if [ "${?#0}" != "" ]; then out=$(echo "$out" | tr -d "\n") prompt="calc: ($acc) err: $out" else acc=$out prompt="calc: ($acc)" fi done