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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/