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06-29-2007
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Parse error
hi,
 onsider the followinf two lines J="$(scriptbc -p 8 $I / \(12 \* 100 \) )" N="$(( $L * 12 ))" In the first line I put \ before * like \* and its working fine. But in the second line if put \ before * i am getting parse error. What might be the reason?Any idea pls. cheers RRK 
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06-29-2007
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In the first case, you are running a subshell ( $() ) and need to escape the * to prevent the shell from interpreting it. The second line is simple multiplication in ksh/bash ( $(()) ). You don't need to escape the * in that case.
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