Ralf Goertz <r_goe...@usenet.arcornews.de> writes: > Why is 08 not tried to be interpreted as octal when *numerically* compared > using test?
Because test does not know about octal for compatibility. Use [[ ... ]] if you want to be closer to $((...)). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, sch...@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."
