Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: From: "Fleischer, Karsten (K.)" To: "'jens@uniweb.se'" Cc: "Cygwin (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Problems with 'expr' Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:48:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2651.58) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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@uniweb.se [mailto:jens@uniweb.se] > Sent: Donnerstag, 21. September 2000 14:32 > To: cygwin@sources.redhat.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 > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com