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Re: Strange bug in arithmetic function


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: Strange bug in arithmetic function
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:48:31 -0700
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On 02/21/2011 02:13 AM, Marcel de Reuver wrote:
> In a bash script I use: $[`date --date='this week' +'%V'`%2] to see if
> the week number is even.
> Only in week 08 the error is: bash: 08: value too great for base
> (error token is "08") the same in week 09, all others are Ok...

08 is an invalid octal number.  Try forcing decimal instead:

$[$(date --date='this week' +'10#%V')%2]

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