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From: " steve  howe" <un_x@hotmail.com>
To: giles@nemeton.com.au
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Subject: Re: expr failure
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thanks very much.  i played with "expr" on the command line - and
find the following (i sincerely hope i'm not digging my grave here!)
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echo `expr 6 / 3` results in 2
echo `expr 6 + 3` results in 9
echo `expr 6 - 3` results in 3
echo `expr 6 % 3` results in 0
echo `expr 6 * 3` results in "expr: syntax error"
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what did i do wrong ??? (2.1.5 - sh)
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thank you very much ...