--- Kevin Markle ha scritto: > Hello, > > I'm attemping to use the expr variable and am > having > problems. when I > type test=expr 1+1 or > test=`expr 1+1` or > test='expr 1 + 1' or > > with and without quotes?? I just want to create a > variable based on and > expression?
this is a bash question not Cygwin one. $ a=`expr 1 + 1` $ echo $a 2 Do not use test as variable. It is a command ;-) $ which test /usr/bin/test Regards Marco ___________________________________ L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! Mail: http://it.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- 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/