On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 11:52:56 +0100, Joern Knoll <j.kn...@gsi.de> wrote:
> [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((0123)) > 83 > [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((123)) > 123 > [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((01234)) > 668 > [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((1234)) > 1234 If you want to force base 10 interpretation (remember that leading 0 mean octal in arithmetic context), you need to explicitly tell bash: $ echo $(( 10#0123 )) 123 -- D.
