cdulrich@ucdavis.edu (Chris Ulrich) writes: > echo $"Stuff $0 stuff." This is locale-specific string translation. > echo $[3+5] This is the old, unsupported, way of doing an arithmetic expressions. This should be changed to `$((3+5))'. File a bug. Guy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org