( expression )

Inline expressions

Description

Expressions can be inlined via parenthesis. For example:

» echo (1 + 2)
3

The opening brace has to be the first character of that parameter, otherwise that parameter will be treated like a string.

» echo 1+(1 + 2)
1+(1 + 2)

See Also

• Operators And Tokens: A table of all supported operators and tokens
• echo: Print a string to the stdout with a trailing new line character
• expr: Expressions: mathematical, string comparisons, logical operators

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