On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> wrote: >> >Additionally, i very much prefer to have as little as possible >> >differecnes between expr(1) and the ksh builtin. >> >> Ehum, running the risk of looking like a complete fool I've got to >> ask, is there actually a ksh builtin version of expr? >> >> I did actually double check that prior to digging into this, with >> "whence expr", and now after reading your comment I've skimmed the >> man page for ksh as well without finding any reference to a builtin >> expr. What am I missing? > > You are right, I was confused.
although making $(()) handle 64-bit may also be a nice addition.