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mathematics in shell script
Hi Friends,
I am new to shell scripting and a trying to work this out. I have a variable called $number. The value in this variable is 10 I want to display $number - 2 in a mail. The result would be 8 eg. mail -s 'subject' user <<eof the result of your calculation is $number - 2 eof I should be mailed : the result of your calculation is 8 can someone please give me the syntax. likewise, I would like to know how to do it with echo echo $number -2 8 Thanks in advance Suresh |
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