Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:03:56 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bash: multiplication Message-ID: <199804131203.NAA01088@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> "bash: multiplication" (Apr 13, 5:52pm)
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On Apr 13, 5:52pm, Dean Hollister wrote:
} Subject: bash: multiplication
> According to the expr man page, the following should work:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> hrs=20
> mins=10
>
> time=`expr ${hrs} * 60`
> time=`expr ${time} + ${mins}`
>
> However, it falls over (syntax error) on the first expr line. Any ideas?
Remember, * expands to the list of files in the current directory.
time=`expr ${hrs} '*' 60`
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