Calculating in TextMate using “Filter Through Command”

Question

I have a line in a file, which I have open in TextMate. I would like to select the line, or rather the content of the line; 54 + 34.43 and have it be replaced with the total sum.

I've used the "Filter Through Command" dialog which gives me access to CLI tools. I figure this would also be useful here, but I cannot simply pass off the equation to bc.

Any pointers? Perhaps via python? I'd like to be able to use Filter Through Command and avoid taking on some sort of Bundle to accomplish this.

Answer 1

There's a "Math" bundle, I think it's active by default.

With your expression selected hit CtrlShiftc to open a contextual menu with a bunch of number-related operations.

--EDIT 1--

I didn't read your question correctly. Here is a page which helped me a lot while looking for a quick way to do some math on the CLI.

In short, write a very short shell script wrapped around bc, make it executable, put it in your path and call it via TextMate's Filter Through Command.

--EDIT 2--

While a shell script might be more portable and reusable and the "Math" bundle might be a little more versatile the ad hoc command you need is echo "$TM_SELECTED_TEXT" | bc. It will be remembered by TextMate and shown as default command next time you hit CmdAltr.