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Old 04-26-2010
Not all versions of bash are equal, I guess:
Code:
> echo $((2147483647*2147483647))
1
> bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.9)
Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

# 9  
Old 04-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Not all versions of bash are equal, I guess:
Code:
> echo $((2147483647*2147483647))
1
> bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.9)
Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

The change must have been made somewhere between 2.05 and 3.2
Version 3.2 works. I added the line numbers to the original.
Quote:
1779979416004714189 88
2880067194370816120 89
4660046610375530309 90
7540113804746346429 91
-6246583658587674878 92
1293530146158671551 93
 
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