philipquinlan fbvbllwcjrylpcsconsultantscom braun brelin wrote hello ive got small bash script looks like binsh a5 b2 op cexpr op b line gives error cexpr b line works echo c c anyone tell first line using op fails second line hardcoding value op works thanks braun hi braun try c eval expr op b phil wed 06 aug 2008 040855 0100 ilug shell script question