expr broken ?

[Michael E. Haws]

In article <578 at lafayet.UUCP>, rob at lafayet.UUCP (Rob Freyder) writes:
> I am running SCO Xenix 386 2.3.3 ... expr gives a syntax error if you try
> to use the * operator.  example
> 
> expr 5 * 2

Just a wild guess but I suspect the '*' needs to be escaped. Try

expr 5 \* 2
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