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From: urgrue <urgrue@tumsan.fi>
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: bash arithmetic
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:00:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030227100040.GE2148@fede2.tumsan.fi> (raw)

simple problem:
NAME=john
echo name is $NAME
echo now im gonna $NAME=$(($NAME+1))
$NAME=$(($NAME+1))

returns:
name is john
now im gonna john=1
./testscript: john=1: command not found

but whats wrong with john=1? i want to set that variable. i can put 
john=1 in the script (in that form) and it works fine. 
any suggestions?

             reply	other threads:[~2003-02-27 10:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-27 10:00 urgrue [this message]
2003-02-27 10:22 ` bash arithmetic Carl
2003-02-27 14:35 ` Jeff Largent

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