Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The

Arithmetic

Integer arithmetic is performed with the let and ((...)) commands. All of the operators from the C programming language (except ++, – –, and ?:) are supported by the Korn shell. The format for arithmetic constants is:

numberorbase#number

where base is a decimal number between 2 and 36 that specifies the arithmetic base. If not specified, the default is base 10. The arithmetic base can also be set with the typeset –i command.

Arithmetic Commands

let "arithmetic-expression" ((arithmetic-expression))	evaluate arithmetic expression
integer variable	declare an integer variable
integer variable=integer-value	declare an integer variable and set it to a value
integer variable="arithmetic-assignment-expression"	declare an integer variable and assign ...