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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat how to use expr Post 302148253 by saikumarm80 on Friday 30th of November 2007 11:38:36 AM
Old 11-30-2007
Java how to use expr

i am new to shell programming, currently using redhat linux of version
2.4.20-8.
i have problem in executing expr command in the following shell script

$ x=5
$ x='expr $x + 1'
$ echo $x

the output is displaying always
expr $x + 1

Pls guide me for the above query
 

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hw_GetObject - Object record

SYNOPSIS
mixed hw_getobject (int $connection, mixed $objectID, [string $query]) DESCRIPTION
Gets an object record. If the second parameter is an array of integer the function will PARAMETERS
o $connection - The connection identifier. o $objectID - The object identifier, or an array of identifiers. o $query - The query string has the following syntax: <expr> ::= "(" <expr> ")" | "!" &lt;expr> | /* NOT */ <expr> "||" <expr> | /* OR */ <expr> "&amp;&amp;" <expr> | /* AND */ <attribute> <operator> <value> <attribute> ::= /* any attribute name (Title, Author, DocumentType ...) */ <operator> ::= "=" | /* equal */ "<" | /* less than (string compare) */ ">" | /* greater than (string compare) */ "~" /* regular expression matching */ RETURN VALUES
Returns the object record for the given object ID if the second parameter is an integer. If the second parameter is an array of integer the function will return an array of object records. In such a case the last parameter is also evaluated which is a query string. SEE ALSO
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