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let is an alternative to expr for doing mathematical calculations. It is part of the posix shell and is similiar to the C programming statement

e.g. let $TOTAL=$TOTAL+1 will add one to $TOTAL

This can be alternatively expressed as (( $TOTAL = $TOTAL + 1 ))

To speed up the arithmetic calculation you can specify that $TOTAL is a number. This is done as follows:

typset -i TOTAL=10

Another use of typeset is to emulate the substring function found in other languages. e.g.

typeset -L4 var1="12345678" will set var1 to 1234

typeset -R4 var2="12345678" will set var2 to 5678

The string 12345678 can be replaced by a variable.