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From: md@sco.COM (Michael Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: expr broken ?
Keywords: expr
Message-ID: <7576@scolex.sco.COM>
Date: 25 Aug 90 07:15:42 GMT
References: <578@lafayet.UUCP>
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In article <578@lafayet.UUCP> rob@lafayet.UUCP (Rob Freyder) writes:
>I am running SCO Xenix 386 2.3.3 ... expr gives a syntax error if you try
>to use the * operator.  example
>
>expr 5 * 2
>
Actually this works just fine if there are no files in your current
directory .... For a more general solution try the following:

expr 5 \* 2