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Date:      Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:51:02 +0800
From:      Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com>
To:        Thomas <fwd@gothschlampen.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: .sh  check for numeric content
Message-ID:  <4C22C816.3000105@comclark.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100624013755.GA5009@gothschlampen.com>
References:  <4C22B3D7.6070102@comclark.com> <20100624013755.GA5009@gothschlampen.com>

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Thomas wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 09:24:39AM +0800, Aiza wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>> Receiving a variable from the command line that is suppose
>> to contain numeric values.
>>
>> How do I code a test to verify the content is  numeric?
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=shell+test+if+variable+numeric
> 
> First link =>
> http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/46276-check-variable-if-its-non-numeric.html
> 
> Gosh, Google is full of answers these days..
> 

yea but none of them are for freebsd style .sh shell


I'm, using

[ "${dup_times}" != [0-9] ] && exerr "value not numeric"

and get the errot messahe no mater what value is in dup_times.

What is wrong with this code?







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