I've written a function to print elapsed time similar to /usr/bin/time but can be called at the beginning and end of a script from within the script. Occasionally I get an error: '8-08: value too great for base' It's caused by the difference in these 2 command strings but I can't for the life of me see what's going on.
now='09:07:16'; startHr=${now%%:*}; startHR=${startHr#*0}; echo $startHr; 09 str=09; str=${str#*0}; echo $str; 9 Thanks, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100319171928.gb31...@playground.mcclains.net