[pocket-linux] Script more 8.3.1
David Horton
dhorton at speakeasy.net
Sun Mar 20 12:17:45 CST 2005
mlij at globo.com wrote:
> If a run the script more like is 8.3.1, I have the message:
>
> /bin/more:line 37:let - : syntax error: operand expected (error token is
> "-".
>
> The line 37 is:
>
> let LINE-COUNTER=$LINE_COUNTER - 1
>
> Now, I do not have error because the line above in my script is:
>
> let LINE-COUNTER=$LINE_COUNTER 1
>
> There is no more the "-"
>
The problem seems to be with the spaces in "$LINE_COUNTER - 1". If you
change it to "$LINE_COUNTER-1", without the spaces, it works as it
should. So line 37 should be as follows:
let LINE_COUNTER=$LINE_COUNTER-1
I'll put a note in the errata and fix this in the next revision.
Dave
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