Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| 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
Wrong test really...
you should test
i=1
i=`expr $1 + 1`
echo $i
| I did not check the other shells ;-)
I care a rats ass about ash... the only thing that I care about is
bash and sh.
--
Lgb
