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Re: leading 0 inconsistence?
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: leading 0 inconsistence? |
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Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:39:00 +0100 |
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Ralf Goertz <R_Goertz@usenet.arcornews.de> writes:
> Why is 08 not tried to be interpreted as octal when *numerically* compared
> using test?
Because test does not know about octal for compatibility. Use [[ ... ]]
if you want to be closer to $((...)).
Andreas.
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