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Re: Possible bug in the expr command
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Possible bug in the expr command |
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Sat, 24 May 2008 12:39:04 -0600 |
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According to Rodrigo Prestes on 5/24/2008 12:30 PM:
| Hi
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| I've tried the command:
| $ expr 4 * 5
| and it returned an syntax error
Not a bug. You need more quoting:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#expr-2-_002a-3-does-not-work
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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