GNU bug report logs - #17450
multiplication bug

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: julien becan <zoskoy <at> hotmail.fr>

Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 15:43:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,  julien becan <zoskoy <at> hotmail.fr>
Cc: 17450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17450: multiplication bug
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 19:50:03 +0200
On 05/09/2014 05:51 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#expr-2-_002a-3-does-not-work

Hi Padraig,

I don't know if this was discussed before: what do you think about
adding a sentence to the FAQ that some shells allow to turn off
globbing?  E.g. in bash with 'set -f' or 'set -o noglob':

  $ ( set -o noglob && expr 2 * 2 )
  4

Have a nice day,
Berny




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