04-14-2009
Calculating delay time - bash
Hi,
I am having the following problem.
test > hourOfDay=06 ; delayTime=$(((9-$hourOfDay)*60)) ; echo $delayTime
180
test > hourOfDay=07 ; delayTime=$(((9-$hourOfDay)*60)) ; echo $delayTime
120
test > hourOfDay=08 ; delayTime=$(((9-$hourOfDay)*60)) ; echo $delayTime
bash: (9-08: value too great for base (error token is "08")
test > hourOfDay=09 ; delayTime=$(((9-$hourOfDay)*60)) ; echo $delayTime
bash: (9-09: value too great for base (error token is "09")
test > hourOfDay=10 ; delayTime=$(((9-$hourOfDay)*60)) ; echo $delayTime
-60
you can see where hourOfDay = 08 or 09 I get the error
bash: (9-08: value too great for base (error token is "08")
does it think that these are base 8 numbers ?
because of the leading "0" ?
In my script I get the hourOfDay using
hourOfDay=$(date +%H)
Is there an easy way to strip off the '0', if that is the problem ?
(sorry if this is an easy thing, I mess with scripts less than once a month,
so not very experienced).
Thanks !
joe
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echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)
NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS
-n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)
NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.10 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)