Scott Dylewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I get an error when running: > echo $(( 008 / 2 ))
Numbers starting with 0 are interpreted as octal, and so can only use digits 0-7. You'll have to strip off the leading zeros to make the number be interpreted as decimal. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
