On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Mike McClain <mike.j...@nethere.com> wrote:
> I've written a function to print elapsed time similar to /usr/bin/time
> but can be called at the beginning and end of a script from within
> the script. Occasionally I get an error: '8-08: value too great for base'
> It's caused by the difference in these 2 command strings but I can't for
> the life of me see what's going on.
>
> now='09:07:16'; startHr=${now%%:*}; startHR=${startHr#*0}; echo $startHr;
> 09
>
> str=09; str=${str#*0}; echo $str;
> 9
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
Did you wand to echo startHR and not startHr in the first expression?
Stuart
