I have put together a bash script that does a bit of maths, but I keep
getting this odd message:
script.sh: line 68: 09: value too great for base (error token is "09")
The specific line 68 (last below), and the immediately preceding lines,
in the script read:
OUR_TZ_OSET="$
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 12:49:23PM +1000, Robert Thorsby wrote:
> Why not let the date command do all the work for you?
Yes!
There's another more subtle bug with Howard's code.
With
OUR_MINS="$(date +%M)"
OUR_HRS="$(date +%H)"
you will get unexpected values at t
On 2005.09.20 12:24 Howard Lowndes wrote:
I have put together a bash script that does a bit of maths, but I
keep getting this odd message:
Why not let the date command do all the work for you?
Call date the first time with all the options plus a final argument of
%s, then parse the result.
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Simon Bowden wrote:
Hi Howard,
I had this once, and similarly needed to retain leading 0's (rather than
${var%%0}).
This should have been ${foo#0}, and I don't know a good way of removing an
arbitrary number of leading zeros without resorting to external tools (or
loop
Maybe you're not willing to use bc... but here it goes anyway.
Use:
OUR_UTC_MINS=$(echo $OUR_MINS - $OUR_TZ_OSET_MINS | bc)
And it works. No idea on how to solve it with bash constructs though...
ps: apart from using a regex and removing leading zeroes.
On 9/20/05, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROT
Hi Howard,
I had this once, and similarly needed to retain leading 0's (rather than
${var%%0}).
The leading zero implies octal numbers. You can force a base with a
leading base#, i.e. 10#09 = 09, base 10, rather than 09 base-8 which is
invalid.
I'm not currently aware of a way of saying "a
I have put together a bash script that does a bit of maths, but I keep
getting this odd message:
script.sh: line 68: 09: value too great for base (error token is "09")
The specific line 68 (last below), and the immediately preceding lines,
in the script read:
OUR_TZ_OSET="$(d
