Any ideas? I am attempting to write a script that uses sed.

If done this way it fails

• rmdec="sed 's/..................$//'"
• i1xmr=$(echo "$i1p/$apiresponse*1000" |bc -l |$rmdec)

But if i do it this way it works

• i1xmr=$(echo "$i1p/$apiresponse*1000" |bc -l | sed 's/..................$//')