-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2010 02:47:38, Dan Nelson wrote: >> flag_count=`expr $flag_count + 1` > /bin/sh can do math on its own: > > flag_count=$((flag_count+1))
flag_count=$(( $flag_count + 1 )) surely? Needs to dereference the variable inside the arithmetic expansion. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwLSaIACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzQvQCfUnjDCkQ1Xk18MiENPTBhEKlA PIgAnivZn/n+vJVXYFZnpOcrJ0/6voQV =kZtj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"