12-10-2006
problem with expr command
hi Unix gurus,
Pls consider the following piece of code
str='hello'
length=echo $str|wc -c
echo $length
y= ` expr \( 80 - $length \) `
echo $y
The last echo stmt is displaying 0 as the result.
If i put direct value like 6 instead of $length in i 3rd stmt it is giving the correct result.
I came to know that $length is not getting accessed inside of expr command.
any help pls.
cheers
Ravi Raj Kumar
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