Math functions in shell script?

[Sue LoVerso]

In article <2653 at juniper.UUCP> painter at juniper.UUCP (Tom Painter ) writes:
>
>I am having problems finding out how to do calculations in a shell script.
>#somehow increment cnt and go through loop again
>        cnt=cnt + 1
>#       ^^^^^^^^^^^ wrong language but message should be clear

cnt=`expr $cnt + 1`

Man expr(1) for more details.
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