1.2 Command Line Options

bc takes the following options from the command line:

-h, --help

Print the usage and exit.

-l, --mathlib

Define the standard math library.

-w, --warn

Give warnings for extensions to POSIX bc.

-s, --standard

Process exactly the POSIX bc language.

-q, --quiet

Do not print the normal GNU bc welcome.

-v, --version

Print the version number and copyright and quit.