05-11-2004
arithmetic syntax
okay, I'm a complete beginner, and I keep getting stuck on the syntax here. I want to write a script where I read the current time as minutes and seconds, convert the minutes to seconds, and add the two, then redirect the output to a file. the command takes two arguments, which will also be redirected to the file. This is what I have:
echo $1: $2: >> tmk
set min=`date +%M`
set sec=`date +%S`
set total=`($min * 60) + $sec`
echo $total >> tmk
I keep getting a badly placed bracket error on the set total line. Any suggestions?
I want to be able to use the script to input a number of times, then add or subtract them depending on the first two arguments at a later time.
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