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authorHolger Schurig <holgerschurig@gmail.com>2014-06-27 13:00:17 +0200
committerSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2014-06-27 21:46:58 +0200
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doc: add hint on how to calculate in hush
Signed-off-by: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ example the :ref:`command_echo` command has the ``-a FILE`` option for appending
a file and the ``-o FILE`` option for overwriting a file. The readline
command requires a variable name as argument in which the line will be
stored.
+
+**NOTE:** hush feels like a normal Unix shell, but it cannot calculate by
+itself, i.e. $(($A/2)) won't work. Calculation can however be done
+with :ref:`command_let`::
+
+ A=10
+ let B=$A/2
+ echo $B