-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Rolando Temperini on 9/1/2006 5:23 AM: > Bash Version: 2.05a
Consider upgrading. Bash is at 3.1, and a beta for 3.2 is already underway. > pippo=$[013-1] > echo $pippo > > Results is : > 10 You are using octal numbers, then getting a decimal answer. > > Case 2) > > pippo=$[09-1] Again, you used octal numbers, except that 8 and 9 are not valid octal digits. Don't use the leading 0 if you don't want octal numbers. - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFAAzj84KuGfSFAYARAkG5AKC+dwlTZAe3XHzp+DR50DrFzV/jTwCgv9sp oR23xi/LNtu2YLUFnwkAeyc= =2rjA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash