Re: bash scripting question
On 2010-03-19 18:19 +0100, Mike McClain wrote:
> I've written a function to print elapsed time similar to /usr/bin/time
> but can be called at the beginning and end of a script from within
> the script. Occasionally I get an error: '8-08: value too great for base'
> It's caused by the difference in these 2 command strings but I can't for
> the life of me see what's going on.
Apparently bash is treating the number as octal because it starts with a
leading 0.
Sven
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