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qalc: powerful and easy to use command-line calculator

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What is qalc? ๐Ÿ”—

qalc is a powerful and easy to use command-line calculator.

See also: bc , dc .

More information: https://qalculate.github.io/manual/qalc.html .

Usage ๐Ÿ”—

Launch in interactive mode:

qalc [-i|--interactive]

Launch in terse mode (print the results only):

qalc [-t|--terse]

Update currency exchange rates:

qalc [-e|--exrates]

Perform calculations non-interactively:

qalc 66+99|2^4|6 feet to cm|1 bitcoin to USD|20 kmph to mph|...

List all supported functions/prefixes/units/variables:

qalc --list-functions|list-prefixes|list-units|list-variables

Execute commands from a file:

qalc [-f|--file] path/to/file

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