expr
statement SH-2003According to POSIX:
The expr utility has a rather difficult syntax [...] In many cases, the arithmetic and string features provided as part of the shell command language are easier to use than their equivalents in expr. Newly written scripts should avoid expr in favor of the new features within the shell.
Please consider rewriting this using $((..)
), ${}
or [[ ]]
.
i=$(expr 1 + 2)
l=$(expr length "$var")
i=$((1+2))
l=${#var}
sh
doesn't have a great replacement for the :
operator (regex match). The checker tries not to warn when using expr
with :
, but some inputs like op=:; expr string "$op" regex
will still trigger it.
Other than that, all uses of expr
can be rewritten to use modern shell features instead.
Bash has [[ string =~ regex ]]
, so expr .. : ..
is not necessary there.