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From: Ray Cummins <rcummins@burlco.lib.nj.us>
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To: steve  howe <un_x@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: expr failure
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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`

???