[U-Boot] setexpr syntax
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu Feb 25 15:00:08 CET 2010
Dear Frans Meulenbroeks,
In message <ac9c93b11002250451m3d58dbd3ve7caa50a3acedb3 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> I noticed setexpr help says:
> <op> can be &, |, ^, +, -, *, /, %
>
> However, when one uses the hush shell additional escapes might be needed.
Well, yes, of course.
> Not sure whether we should document this somewhere (or modify the help text).
> It took me a few minutes to realise what is going on, so a warning
> somewhere seems in place.
Please feel free to extend / update the documentation, but eventually
necessary shell escapes are beyond the scope of the help message.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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