On 12/6/17 7:35 AM, H.-Dirk Schmitt wrote:
> Checked against: GNU bash, Version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-
> gnu)
>
> I carefully read the man page and find no definition of the defined
> range of integer variables in bash.
> see also: `man bash |& grep -i integer`
It's machine-dependent. The documentation guarantees only `fixed-width
integers', represented as intmax_t. That gives you the widest range
possible on the platform for which your binary was built.
Chet
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