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Old 11-29-2009
Java Too many arguments error

I need help. I have created my script for a simple calculator but my multiplication operator does not work. This is the the code:
#!/bin/bash

echo "Enter number1"

read Number1

echo"Enter number2"

read Number2

echo"Operator is *"

read opr

if [ $opr = "*" ]

then

expr $Number1 \* $Number2

fi
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