You can also go into calculator mode by typing bc on the command line by itself and then feed it as many calculations as you want: boson% bc 7*7*7 343 256*256 65536 256*256*256 16777216 ...
Learn how to use a host of Linux commands in these 2-minute video tutorials from Sandra Henry-Stocker, author of the Unix as a Second Language blog. Learn how to use the powerful bc command in Linux ...