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Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:50:31 +0330 (GMT+03:30)
From:	jens AT uniweb DOT se
Subject:	RE: Problems with 'expr'
To:	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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 Hi,

 Silly me. How could I forgett/miss that. It's just
that expr is not something I normaly use. So I did
not think of that when I tried it out.

 Thanks.

 Jens Yllman

>Hi Jens,
>
>Use quotes around * and (, like
>
>expr 3 '*' 4
>
>Otherwise bash will expand * to all the files in the current dir.
>( has special meaning to bash, too.
>
>expr '3 * 4'
>
>on the other hand, is evaluated to the string "3 * 4"
>
>See bash's manpage.
>
>Karsten
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jens AT uniweb DOT se [mailto:jens AT uniweb DOT se]
>> Sent: Donnerstag, 21. September 2000 14:32
>> To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
>> Subject: Problems with 'expr'
>> 
>> 
>>  Hi,
>> 
>>  I tried to use 'expr'. And it worked fine for this
>> 'expr 1 + 2 + 3'. But if I try to use '(' or '*' it
>> will print 'expr: syntax error'. Shouldn't the
>> following work? 'expr 3 * 4'?
>> 
>>  Jens Yllman
>> 
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