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Old 07-09-2012
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Originally Posted by Steph85
Yes, it works!

I should use "expr ..." when i need make some calculations with the variable that memorizes the command output, but i think is good for my purpose.
Thanks.
Code:
# n=-10
# expr match "$n" '-*\([0-9]*\)'
10
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