$ perl -e' for ($i=1.1;$i<=1.6;$i+=.1) { printf "%.20f\n", $i; } printf "\n%.20f\n", $i; ' 1.10000000000000008882 1.20000000000000017764 1.30000000000000026645 1.40000000000000035527 1.50000000000000044409 1.60000000000000053291