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  Re: bug in arithmetic expansion Davide Brini <dave_br@gmx.com> - 2019-11-09 16:39 +0100

#15585 — Re: bug in arithmetic expansion

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 11:52:56 +0100, Joern Knoll <J.Knoll@gsi.de> wrote:

> [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((0123))
> 83
> [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((123))
> 123
> [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((01234))
> 668
> [tplx99]:/the/knoll > echo $((1234))
> 1234

If you want to force base 10 interpretation (remember that leading 0 mean
octal in arithmetic context), you need to explicitly tell bash:

$ echo $(( 10#0123 ))
123

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