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shell arithmetic is not a "bashism"

shell arithmetic is not a "bashism"

Posted Sep 4, 2009 10:32 UTC (Fri) by vapier (subscriber, #15768)
In reply to: shell arithmetic is not a "bashism" by branden
Parent article: A tale of two shells: bash or dash

really you just backed up my point. while bash does have arithmetical extensions, the phrase used in the article is wrong. you cant lump "shell arithmetic" in with "let", "source", and "echo -e".


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