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Re: if, -n <string>
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Jan Schampera |
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Re: if, -n <string> |
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Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:24:01 +0100 |
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coubeatczech wrote:
> coub@notas:~$ if [ -z $variable ]; then echo true; fi
> true
> coub@notas:~$
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> Can anybody explain to me this behaviour? I would expect not any output in
> the last command...? The variable is set to zero and there is the condition
> is still true...?
http://bash-hackers.org/wiki/doku.php/commands/classictest#number_of_arguments_rules
You'd need some quoting.
Jan aka TheBonsai
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