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Re: Return / exit values


From: David
Subject: Re: Return / exit values
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:42:50 +1000

On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 at 10:10, Chris Elvidge <celvidge001@gmail.com> wrote:

> However 'N=0; echo $((!$N))' gives an error at the bash prompt.

Put a space after the exclamation point, otherwise it triggers history expansion
in the interactive shell. Demo:

$ N=0; echo $((! N))
1

> My question - is $[...] actually obsolete?

Yes.



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