When invoking expr to compare two numbers, don't quote the variables which are the output of 'wc -c'. On OS X, this output includes spaces, which expr balks at: $ sz0=`wc -c </etc/passwd` $ sz1=`wc -c </etc/passwd` $ echo "'$sz0'" ' 3667' $ expr "$sz0" \< "$sz1" \* 2 expr: non-numeric argument $ expr $sz0 \< $sz1 \* 2 1 Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> --- Noticed this while working on the CHERRY_PICK_HEAD issue. git-merge-one-file.sh | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-merge-one-file.sh b/git-merge-one-file.sh index 7aeb96952f..f612cb847a 100755 --- a/git-merge-one-file.sh +++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in # If we do not have enough common material, it is not # worth trying two-file merge using common subsections. - expr "$sz0" \< "$sz1" \* 2 >/dev/null || : >$orig + expr $sz0 \< $sz1 \* 2 >/dev/null || : >$orig ;; *) echo "Auto-merging $4" -- 1.7.7.144.gbfcf9.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html