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Subject: Re: Advise needed  to write a script
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> 
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 12:50:25AM +0800, Jimmy wrote:
> > Hi
> > Good day to you. I need your advice to wrte a script 
> > 1) stores the sum of A plus B in variable C 
> > 2)Stores the difference of B minus A in variable C 
> > 
> > If A is 5 and B is 10. Please advice me on this issue pls .
> > Hope to hear from you soon.
> 
> Smells like a homework assignment to me. I'm not going to tell you the
> answer, but I will tell you how to find out :P
> 
> Check out the "Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide" on tldp.org.

Oh geez.   Have him do it in Perl or ...


> 
> -- Josh
> 
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Jimmy Chan
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