Many thanks, guys! On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hope that helps, > Jonathan > > [*] http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ > question E8 ("Why does the arithmetic evaluation code complain about > `08'?") >
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Pierre Gaston <pierre.gas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > integer with a leading 0 are considered as octal by bash and 08 is not > valid in base 8. > you can force the base doing: > echo $((10#08+1)) >
