Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:01:59 -0700 From: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question about expr Message-ID: <4BAE5627.5010802@gmail.com>
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Hello all, I am used to the normal GNU-version of expr (also available on Solaris) and much prefer it over the FreeBSD version. The GNU version allows internal commands like length, substring and others which make it much easier to work with. Is there any way I can replace FreeBSD's native expr with the GNU version ? Since I believe expr does not normally ship as a shell-builtin, I don't think the shell can of much help in the matter. Actually, I think it might not be a bad idea to place a port of GNU-expr in the ports directory. This would allow a lot a scripts to be readily portable to multiple environments. Thanks for any help. Regards Manish Jain invalid.pointer@gmail.com
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