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problem in expr 3+5

sanjay123456
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Dear friends ,

i am using shell script and file name is test.sh

and in test.sh i am written echo expr 3+5;

excution of this programe result is 3+5 its not give 8

so plz tell me where its wrong ???????????

sanjay
Nov 5 '07 #1
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  1. echo $(expr 3 + 5)
Or just:

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  1. echo $((3+5))
Or (for older, older shells):

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  1. echo `expr 3 + 5`
Nov 7 '07 #2

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