Running:
#!/bin/sh set -ex for p in ad2 ad0 ad1 do a0=`expr $p : '^ad\([0-9]\)$'` done I get: syv# sh _ + expr ad2 : ^ad\([0-9]\)$ + a0=2 + expr ad0 : ^ad\([0-9]\)$ + a0=0 syv# echo $? 1 syv# That looks like a bug to me... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message