Re: expr exit status

2010-01-20 Thread salih k
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > According to Eric Blake on 1/20/2010 6:01 AM: > >> 3.As you suggested(thanks)"check what arguments for exit() expr is > giving" > >> > >> =Frankly i dont know how to check the same I will be thankful if you > please > >> let me know the way to

Re: expr exit status

2010-01-20 Thread salih k
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Philip Rowlands wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, salih k wrote: > > Now shall I explain again (sorry:)) >> >> actually the issue is rare and never happened in unix .So am curious on >> this. >> > > "never happene

Re: expr exit status

2010-01-20 Thread salih k
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Philip Rowlands wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, salih k wrote: > > add_num=`expr $int_num + 1 1>/dev/null 2>&1` >> >> if [ "$?" -ne "0" ] >> >> some case exit status is 1552 for expr even though

expr exit status

2010-01-20 Thread salih k
Hi, add_num=`expr $int_num + 1 1>/dev/null 2>&1` if [ "$?" -ne "0" ] some case exit status is 1552 for expr even though the argument is integer .Initialy i checked if [ $?-ne 0 ],but this shows the above error so, i am planning to use kms=$? if [ $kms -eq 1 -o $kms -eq 2 -o $kms -eq 3 ] i

Re: expr exit status

2010-01-19 Thread salih k
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > What are all the exit statuses I need to check just after expr > command? Is it only need to check 1 or 2 or 3 for fail condition > and zero for success ?else pease specify > > You only need to check for non-zero exit codes for fai

Re: Bug in expr***urgent

2010-01-19 Thread salih k
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > According to salih k on 1/16/2010 7:32 AM: > > Piece of Script > > -- > > > > /isnum=`awk -F$delim '$1=="BH"{print $5}' $fil`/ > > / > > That's s

expr exit status

2010-01-18 Thread salih k
Hi, What are all the exit statuses I need to check just after expr command? Is it only need to check 1 or 2 or 3 for fail condition and zero for success ?else pease specify Thanks Regards Salih

Re: Bug in expr***urgent

2010-01-18 Thread salih k
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:32 PM, salih k wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > > >> According to salih k on 1/16/2010 6:38 AM: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > thank you for the patiance ..I am sorry for being top pos

Re: Bug in expr***urgent

2010-01-16 Thread salih k
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > According to salih k on 1/16/2010 6:38 AM: > > > Hi, > > > > thank you for the patiance ..I am sorry for being top posted. > > The piece of script is to check alphanumeric > > > > BH(batch heade

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2010-01-16 Thread salih k
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Re: Bug in expr***urgent

2010-01-15 Thread salih k
, if we use add_num=`expr $int_num + 1 >/dev/null 2>&1` instead add_num=`expr $int_num + 1 1>/dev/null 2>&1` whether this issue can be resolved? 4.Also,if we use if [ $? -ne 0 ] instead of if [ "$?" -ne "0" ] whether this issue can be solved? Thanks, salih

Bug in expr***urgent

2010-01-11 Thread salih k
Hi, There is a bug iin the expr command and exit status is"51198" some times "1552" I have used expr to check whether the variable is numeric add_num=`expr $int_num + 1 1>/dev/null 2>&1` kms=$? # if [ "$?" -ne "0" ] if [ "$kms" -ne "0" ] then here $kms returns exit s