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From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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Subject: bash: multiplication
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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.

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