On 8/12/22 7:27 PM, Budi wrote:
How come math/arithmetic ((i=k+l)) cannot make use of set -x
If you're talking about what I think you are, because that's not how `set -x' works. It's the same reason that k=2+3 echo $(( $k*5 )) echo $(( k*5 )) produces two different numbers. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/