[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <bash># a=500; b="0$[a]"; c=$[b]; echo -e "a: $a\nb: $b\nc: $c\n" > a: 500 > b: 0500 > c: 320
man bash, under ARITHMETIC EVALUATION:
Constants with a leading 0 are interpreted as octal numbers.
paul
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