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The Monday 2007-12-10 at 22:55 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Mon December 10 2007 09:34:34 pm Carlos E. R. wrote:
Obviously, it is thinking it is an octal number. How do I convince bash
to use standard base ten math? Is there a prefix?
Hi Carlos,
A bit of Google research reveals the prefix '10#' tells bash to use base 10
(decimal) instead octal interpretation. What happens if you try this (or some
derivative?) :-)
Yes! Thanks! :-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> echo $[ (00 - 00)*3600 + (21 - 21)*60 + (10#08 - 10#09) ]
- -1
DIFF=$[ (10#$LOC_H - 10#$HWC_H)*3600 + (10#$LOC_M - 10#$HWC_M)*60 +
(10#$LOC_S - 10#$HWC_S) ]
Yes, of course. Done.
Wish I were more confortable with google... didn't know what to tell it to
search.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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