Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Friday 11 October 2002 12:43 pm, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
>> Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> | On Friday 11 October 2002 12:24 pm, Lars Gullik Bjønnes
| wrote:
>> >> | num=`expr $num + 1`
>> >>
>> >> let num=$num+1
>> >>
>> >> ?? Wouldn't that be a bit more portable?
>> |
>> | There's no 'let' in sh. The sh way is
>> | i=`expr $i + 1`
>>
>> oh well... a bashism then.
>> (and then "let ++num" could be used)
>>
>> but the exe-ticks are still a problem, right?
>
| I don't see why. Continuing André's test:
>
| aleem@pneumon:aleem-> sh
| aleem@pneumon:aleem-> echo `expr $i + 1`
| 2
| aleem@pneumon:aleem-> echo "expr $i + 1"
| expr 1 + 1
| aleem@pneumon:aleem-> echo 'expr $i + 1'
| expr $i + 1
So what is the problem then?
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Lgb
