Re: expr

[Steven Augart]

Because your shell is expanding the "*" character into a list of all the 
files in your current working directory.  You probably want to try:
        expr 60 \* 60

--Steve Augart





Screams <address@hidden>
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Hello.  I am running Red Hat 9.0  2.4.20-8.  When I run expr 60 + 60 the 
result is 120.
When I run expr 60 * 60 I get expr: syntax error.  When I run expr 60 - 
50 the result is 10.
When I run expr 60 / 10 the result is 6.  When I run expr 60 + 60 the 
result is 120.

I don't know why the mutiply comes up with an error.

Thanks Scott



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