Recursive function in bash

Question

I want to do a function that will return the factorial of a number in bash

Here\'s the current code that doesn\'t work, can anyone tell me what\'s wrong and how to c

Answer 1

clear cat

fact()

{

        i=$1
        if [ $i -eq 0 -o $i -eq 1 ]
        then
                echo 1
        else
                f=`expr $i \- 1`
                f=$(fact $f)
                f=`expr $i \* $f`
                echo $f
        fi
}

read -p "Enter the number : " n

if [ $n -lt 0 ]

then

        echo "ERROR"

else

        echo "THE FACTORIAL OF $n : $(fact $n) "
fi