"JM" == Josh Malone <josh.malone at gmail.com> writes: JM> Be there or be $(( $n * $n )) Hrm... : 0 juphoff at tugboat.1011; $(( $n * $n )) bash: * : syntax error: operand expected (error token is "* ") -- Jeff Uphoff Senior Engineer rPath, Inc. Raleigh, NC