Radu Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I get a syntax error when using $expr x * y. This is the only operation > that does not work with expr (multiplication).
Because the shell is expanding your use of `*'. Use one of these instead: expr 2 \* 2 expr '2 * 2' _______________________________________________ Bug-sh-utils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-sh-utils
