Philip Martin wrote on Mon, May 09, 2011 at 13:26:29 +0100: > Daniel Shahaf <danie...@apache.org> writes: > > > SunOS 5.10's /bin/sh chokes: > > > > $ echo $((5*2)) > > syntax error: `(' unexpected > > > > Daniel > > (I didn't test it before because the host I used has a time-based login > > policy) > > SunOS's /bin/sh is Bourne, not POSIX. SunOS provides /usr/xpg4/bin/sh > which is POSIX. >
... and indeed $((5*2)) works there. Thanks.