Hi, I tried to use 'expr'. And it worked fine for this 'expr 1 + 2 + 3'. But if I try to use '(' or '*' it will print 'expr: syntax error'. Shouldn't the following work? 'expr 3 * 4'? Jens Yllman -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com