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1This file is let.def, from which is created let.c.
2It implements the builtin "let" in Bash.
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4Copyright (C) 1987-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6This file is part of GNU Bash, the Bourne Again SHell.
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8Bash is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
9the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
10Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
11version.
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13Bash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
14WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
15FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
16for more details.
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18You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
19with Bash; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
20Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
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22$BUILTIN let
23$FUNCTION let_builtin
24$PRODUCES let.c
25$SHORT_DOC let arg [arg ...]
26Each ARG is an arithmetic expression to be evaluated. Evaluation
27is done in fixed-width integers with no check for overflow, though
28division by 0 is trapped and flagged as an error. The following
29list of operators is grouped into levels of equal-precedence operators.
30The levels are listed in order of decreasing precedence.
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32 id++, id-- variable post-increment, post-decrement
33 ++id, --id variable pre-increment, pre-decrement
34 -, + unary minus, plus
35 !, ~ logical and bitwise negation
36 ** exponentiation
37 *, /, % multiplication, division, remainder
38 +, - addition, subtraction
39 <<, >> left and right bitwise shifts
40 <=, >=, <, > comparison
41 ==, != equality, inequality
42 & bitwise AND
43 ^ bitwise XOR
44 | bitwise OR
45 && logical AND
46 || logical OR