Because your shell is expanding the "*" character into a list of all the
files in your current working directory. You probably want to try:
expr 60 \* 60
--Steve Augart
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Hello. I am running Red Hat 9.0 2.4.20-8. When I run expr 60 + 60 the
result is 120.
When I run expr 60 * 60 I get expr: syntax error. When I run expr 60 -
50 the result is 10.
When I run expr 60 / 10 the result is 6. When I run expr 60 + 60 the
result is 120.
I don't know why the mutiply comes up with an error.
Thanks Scott
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