Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Maarten, It looks to me that set creates a "string" variable while @ creates a "numeric" one. There was a bug in tcsh which was corrected between RHEL 4.7 and RHEL 5.4. All numbers beginning with 0 should be considered octal and they were not prior to this fix. 44 octal is 36 decimal. This stemmed from the following command I had in one of my scripts: @ D=`date +\%m%d%y` This should have returned 10311, but because %m is 01, the string 010311 was being considered octal and D was getting assigned the value 4297 (10311 converted from octal to decimal). Using set works just fine if I want the leading 0 on the month. If not, this command works too: @ D=`date +\%-m%d%y` The "-" removes the leading 0 from the month and D gets assigned the value 10311. Thanks again, Steve -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Broekman, Maarten Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 1:31 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: [AKO Warning - Message fails DKIM verification] RE: Strange assignment (UNCLASSIFIED) Try using 'set' instead of '@'. From the behavior, it seems like '@' will perform math on the values in the assignment whereas set doesn't. Not sure why the difference though. [tcsh]$ set D=044 ; echo $D 044 [tcsh]$ @ D=044 ; echo $D 36 --Maarten > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glasgow, Steven Mr CIV USA TRADOC > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 1:20 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RE: Strange assignment (UNCLASSIFIED) > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > Both /bin/tcsh and /bin/csh have the same results. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:43 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Strange assignment (UNCLASSIFIED) > > Glasgow, Steven Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote: > > > > To anyone that can help, > > > > Something has changed between RHEL 4.7 and RHEL 5.4... > > > > RHEL 4.7: > > > > @ D=44 ; echo $D returns 44 > > @ D=044 ; echo $D returns 44 > > @ D=08 ; echo $D returns 8 > > > > RHEL 5.4: > > > > @ D=44 ; echo $D returns 44 > > @ D=044 ; echo $D returns 36 --- HUH? > > @ D=08 ; echo $D returns @: Badly formed number --- HUH? > > > > Seems to be an octal thing going on. Would anyone be able to shed > some > light on this and how I might get 5.4 to act more like 4.7? > > What shell? > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
