Re: i dont understand it

expr 100 * 1 expr: Syntaxfehler ? Syntaxerror ??? Where is the error ??? This is not the bug. This behaviour occurs because '*' gets exploded by the shell to the list of files in current directory. Try expr 100 \* 1 Sincerely, Daniel Janus

i dont understand it

? expr 100 * 1 expr: Syntaxfehler ? Syntaxerror ??? Where is the error ??? Is there an error in expr ??? ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org

Re: i dont understand it

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, MandyMarko wrote: expr 100 * 1 expr: Syntaxfehler Syntaxerror ??? Where is the error ??? Is there an error in expr ??? Your shell is expanding the unquoted * in the current directory. Try these: $ expr 100 \* 1 $ echo expr 100 * 1 (to see what expr sees) Cheers, Phil