On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 12:51:42AM +0200, andras.lorincz@gmail.com wrote: > Why does expr give me "syntax error" message when I'm trying to do a simple > thing like this: > > expr 2 * 3 > > Other operators like +, - and / work. Because the shell is replacing the * with a list of all the files in the current directory. You need to escape it: $ expr 2 \* 3 6 -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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