Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:52:33 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: bash: multiplication Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980413175037.434A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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Hiyall, Having more fun with bash... ;-) According to the expr man page, the following should work: #!/bin/bash hrs=20 mins=10 time=`expr ${hrs} * 60` time=`expr ${time} + ${mins}` However, it falls over (syntax error) on the first expr line. Any ideas? Regards, d. +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Dean Hollister, | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au | | Perth, Western Australia. | deanh@iinet.net.au | +-------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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