On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, at 5:25pm, Thomas M. Albright wrote:
> it's the only way i know to add to variables:
> today=`date +%j`
> let tomorrow=$today+1
If you are not interested in portability to older shells, here are some
optimizations:
math=$(( 1 + 1 )) # internal, easier, nestable
if [[ a = b ]]; ... # internal
output=$( command ... ) # easier, nestable
Anyone else have some tips or tricks they would like to share?
> I know some bash. I'm actually moving along quite well on this particular
> project, though it looks like it's going to be a lot longer then I
> origianally thought.
First rule of programming: Everything takes longer than you thought. :-)
> I know just a little bit about scripting in (t)csh.
Try to keep it that way. ;-)
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