On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Francisco Neira wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > dbrett wrote: > | I have a bash to math calucations. It works but also complains about the > | last line, even though it works. > | > | Any ideas how to fix the problem or at least not see the error message and > | still work. > | > | #!/bin/bash > | > | if [$1 == '']; then > | echo '' > | echo "format is $0 'math equation'" > | echo "i.e. $0 (2+2)*3" > | echo '' > | exit > | fi > | > | echo $1 | /usr/bin/bc -l &2>/dev/null > | > | unfortunately '&2>/dev/null has an additional problem. > | > | david > | > | > | > | > | > > And 2>&1 /dev/null works?
if all you want to do is not see the error message, append "2>/dev/null". there's no need for the "&" in what you're doing. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
