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GNU Info (sh-utils.info)Examples of exprExamples of using `expr' ------------------------ Here are a few examples, including quoting for shell metacharacters. To add 1 to the shell variable `foo', in Bourne-compatible shells: foo=`expr $foo + 1` To print the non-directory part of the file name stored in `$fname', which need not contain a `/'. expr $fname : '.*/\(^.*\)' '^|' $fname An example showing that `\+' is an operator: expr aaa : 'a\+' => 3 expr abc : 'a\(.\)c' => b expr index abcdef cz => 3 expr index index a error--> expr: syntax error expr index quote index a => 0 automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |