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I am using a bash shell. This is the error message i keep getting:

ex2: line 23: /: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "/")

any ideas?

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#!/bin/bash
#script to check wether...

Thanks that works fine, although when I run the script it executes properly but at the begining i get the message:

/until1 3
./until1: line 6: [: -ge: unary operator expected
3 * 1 = 3
3 * 2...

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a=$1
count=1
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Thats excellent thank you, and is exactly what im looking for . Just a couple of questions if you dont mind (although im guessing a couple may sound sillly)
1) "^$user" - what does the ^ symbol do? ...

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