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Date:      Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:04:00 -0500 (EST)
From:      Ray Cummins <rcummins@burlco.lib.nj.us>
To:        steve  howe <un_x@hotmail.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: expr failure
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.970310090219.10839A-100000@burlco-00.burlco.lib.nj.us>
In-Reply-To: <199703101306.FAA06187@f10.hotmail.com>

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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997,  steve  howe wrote:

> 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!)
> \
> echo `expr 6 * 3` results in "expr: syntax error"

echo `expr 6 \* 3`

???




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