Re: bash man page needs more examples...(i.e. >0)

[Andreas Schwab]

Linda Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> writes:

> var=0a32; echo $var
> -bash: 0a32: value too great for base (error token is "0a32")

Which part of "Constants with a leading 0 are interpreted as octal
numbers" did you not understand?

> var=a#32; echo $var
> -bash: a#32: syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is
> "#32")

Which part of "base is a decimal number between 2 and 64" did you not
understand?

Andreas.

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