Re: Fun With Shells (Part 2) (fwd)

On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 you (Jim Irwin) wrote:
> If you actually require that $N hold the string "055", use
> "declare" rather than "let".
>
> bash:~$ declare N=055
> bash:~$ echo $N
> 055
BTW, you don't need "declare" here, Jim.

bash:~$ N=055

... mimics older shell behaviour and will always assign "055" as a  
string.

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