Date: 12 Apr 1998 23:36:31 -0500 From: sfarrell+lists@farrell.org To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bash: checking for empty string? Message-ID: <87k98ugwxc.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: Dean Hollister's message of "Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:50:47 %2B0800 (WST)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980413104954.2098A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> writes: > If have a string $name. I need to check if this is blank, and if it > is, exit the script. Any ideas? man test(1) man [ so, for example if [ -z "$SOMEVAR" ]; then echo "SOMEVAR is undefined!" exit 1 fi -- Steve Farrell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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