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Re:Unix History and the `DC` Calculator by pxc on Saturday September 07, 2024 @12:44AM (#41471490)
> For those who are on NixOS and can’t find `dc`

    $ nix-locate -r 'bin/dc$' | grep -o '^\w.*\.out' | xargs basename -s .out
    plan9port
    gavin-bc
    busybox
    bc
    _9base
:)
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Re:Unix History and the `DC` Calculator by Diti on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @09:01PM (#41507213)
Haha, thanks! I had completely forgotten about `nix2` commands. I’ll try to remember this one!
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Re:Unix History and the `DC` Calculator by pxc on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @03:23PM (#41514526)
nix-locate is actually a third-party command, shipped with nix-index: https://github.com/nix-community/nix-index

make sure to check out the pregenerated databases, they're very convenient

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Re:Unix History and the `DC` Calculator by Diti on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @07:43PM (#41516287)
Thank you very much! Seems very convenient. :)
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