seba wrote:
> GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
> Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> fib() {
> n=$1
> [ $n == 0 -o $n == 1 ] && return $n
> fib $(($n-1))
> ret1=$?
> fib $(($n-2))
> ret2=$?
> return $(($ret1 + $ret2))
> }
>
> for ((i=0;$i<36;i++))
> do
> fib $i
> echo "n=$i=>$?"
> done
You managed to write yourself an infinitely-recursive function, and
eventually ran out of stack space. `==' is a string operator, not a
numeric operator, when used with `['.
Chet
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