07-18-2008
One thing you might try is using the double parens math workings of bash. Quite cool and is readable, and it avoids your shell expansion problem. Secondarily, a "here" document with the "dc" program is how I used to do it. e.g.:
dc <<EOF
2 20 * p
EOF
will produce 40 as output
Using the double-parens syntax of bash, one can do this:
$i=0
((i=2*20))
echo $i <-- produces 40
Kinda cool, huh?
Last edited by fsahog; 07-18-2008 at 11:47 PM..
Reason: To illustrate more fully
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NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1)
RESTRICTED SHELL
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used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow-
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o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted.
These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read.
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SEE ALSO
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