On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 01:24:33PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > | num=`expr $num + 1` > > couldn't this just be written as > > let num=$num+1 > > ?? Wouldn't that be a bit more portable?
Short test: poenitz@millo:~ > ash $ i=1 $ let j=$i+1 let: not found $ echo `expr $i + 1` 2 I did not check the other shells ;-) Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)