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Re: bash manual/info lacks examples



On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Mirek Kwasniak wrote:

> 1) For builtins bash has also help:
>  
>    $ help let | less
> 
> 2) Usage of man (my pager is `less')
> 
> 
> 3) Usage of info
Please don't understand me wrong.  I *found* the text where
the description of let is documented.  But what do I have to
type if I want to increase a shell variable?  The syntax of
"arithmetic expression" remains unclear and an example, how
to do

  a = $b + $c * $d
and
  a = ($b + $c) * $d

(because this demonstrates also braces in expresions which might
 be misinterpreted by the shell) would be really helpful.

Kind regards

        Andreas.


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