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Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 2003 01:01:26 -0700
From:	Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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To:	Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Math working on command line but not in script
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Robert Mark Bram wrote:
> 
> Howdy All!
> 
> I have a small script called maths.sh with the following code in it:
> 
> #/usr/bin/bash

The features you're trying to use are bash-specific.  The above shebang
is not correct (you need a ! after the #, as in "#!/path/to/file") and
so the script is being executed not by bash but by sh which doesn't
understand the $(( foo )) syntax.

Brian

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