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Old 08-10-2006
code ASCII for Caracter -->> '
I'm a question:

the expresiion 'expr $a +1' use the caracter --> ' (is not shift+ ? !!!)

what is the code ascii for generate this caracter ??????

tank's
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Old 08-10-2006
See man ascii or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII
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Old 08-10-2006
Perhaps you mean a backtick ` ASCII 96
The single tic or single quote ' is ASCII 39
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Old 08-10-2006
With bash and ksh, you can also use the syntax $() :
Code:
$(expr $a +1)   # same as `expr $a +1`
Timestamp=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')

Jean-Pierre
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