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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to get "expr 1 + 2 = 03"? Post 302483467 by Scott on Monday 27th of December 2010 08:28:32 AM
Old 12-27-2010
Hi.

You need to escape the inner backquotes:

Code:
shr=`printf '%02d\n' \`expr $shr + 2\``

 

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HW_GETOBJECT(3) 							 1							   HW_GETOBJECT(3)

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
hw_getandlock(3), hw_getobjectbyquery(3). PHP Documentation Group HW_GETOBJECT(3)
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