to increment a variable or to perform arrithmetic. however, i found another script which did this
which worked exactly the same ? ... can anybody tell me where I can read up on this, and where I can find docs ? i tried googling and i dont even know where to start ...what is this method called ?
likewise.. whats the deal with using double square brackets on the ' test' command .. ie
i looked at the man page for test but couldnt find anything about the use of double brackets ?
Can anybody help me grasp these two double bracket methods or point me to some docs where i can read about where and how to use them ?
Hello!
I want to evaluate some mathematical expressions in a script and I try to use 'expr' command.
Unfortunatally, when I have, for example,
expr 8.2 + 6
the result is 'expr: non-numeric argument'
Why ?
I work on SunOs 5.7.
Thanks in advance
Nathe (5 Replies)
I am running the following
Y=05
Y=`expr $X - 1`
and I getting a result of 4. Does anyone know if there is a way to make the result 04 instead of 4? (3 Replies)
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 (3 Replies)
What is the difference between test expr VS .
For example :
if test 5 -eq 6
echo "Wrong"
and
if
echo "Wrong"
bot will give the same output as Wrong.
Now, what is the difference between these two? though they are producing the same result why we need two?
Any answer will be... (2 Replies)
$ cat > mtable
#!/bin/sh
#
#Script to test for loop
#
#
if
then
echo "Error - Number missing form command line argument"
echo "Syntax : $0 number"
echo "Use to print multiplication table for given number"
exit 1
fi
n=$1
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
do
echo "$n * $i = `expr $i \*... (1 Reply)
Hey there
i want to subtract the content from $b from $a. Each variable has got 18 values (normal numbers from 0 - 99).
How can i subtract them? I know i have to use the expr command, this is what i have till now:
a=`cat Tabelle.dat | awk {'print $4'} | awk -F: {'print $1'}`
b=`cat... (1 Reply)
i have been told that 'let' is faster than 'expr' in terms of performance.
Is this correct? if yes, why is it so?
i am not able to see any performance difference in small arithmetic operations.
Thanks (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I'm writing a shell script in KSH, where I want to store the filename, total record count and actual record count of all the source files. The source files reside in 4 different sub-folders under the same root folder.
Below is code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh... (6 Replies)
HI there
I am trying to understand Shell scripting to create my own, I am attempting a few examples can anyone tell me what this means?n=$( expr $n + 1)Tried looking on the internet, but just cannot find its anywhere :( .Help please (4 Replies)