expr(1): Add sh(1) versions of examples, remove an incorrect example.
The three examples are better done using sh(1) itself these days. The example expr -- "$a" : ".*" is incorrect in the general case, as "$a" may be an operator. MFC after: 2 weeks
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd July 12, 2004
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.Dd September 9, 2010
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.Dt EXPR 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ command, one might rearrange the expression:
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More generally, parenthesize possibly-negative values:
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.Dl "a=$(expr \e( $a \e) + 1)"
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.It
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With shell arithmetic, no escaping is required:
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.Dl "a=$((a + 1))"
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.It
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This example prints the filename portion of a pathname stored
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in variable
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.Va a .
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@ -229,6 +232,12 @@ The
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.Li //
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characters resolve this ambiguity.
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.Dl "expr \*q//$a\*q \&: '.*/\e(.*\e)'"
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.It
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With modern
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.Xr sh 1
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syntax,
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.Dl "\*q${a##*/}\*q"
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expands to the same value.
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.El
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.Pp
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The following examples output the number of characters in variable
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@ -237,19 +246,21 @@ Again, if
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.Va a
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might begin with a hyphen, it is necessary to prevent it from being
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interpreted as an option to
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.Nm .
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.Nm ,
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and
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.Va a
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might be interpreted as an operator.
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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If the
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.Nm
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command conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 ,
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this is simple:
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.Dl "expr -- \*q$a\*q \&: \*q.*\*q"
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.It
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For portability to older systems, however, a more complicated command
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To deal with all of this, a complicated command
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is required:
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.Dl "expr \e( \*qX$a\*q \&: \*q.*\*q \e) - 1"
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.It
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With modern
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.Xr sh 1
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syntax, this can be done much more easily:
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.Dl "${#a}"
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expands to the required number.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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