You need to quote your math expression if it contains
characters that the shell would expand otherwise:
> math '21 * 2'
42
Cheers,
--Torsten
On 6 Sep 2012, at 16:27, Wai Yan Pong wrote:
> What is the syntax for multiplying two numbers using the "math"
> function in fish?
>
> Type math 1+1 at the prompt will give you 2, but neither * nor x seems
> to work for multiplication and I couldn't find any hints from the
> documentation.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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