Re: Unix variable question

look into man page eg bash or sh and search for ${ (is type in /\$\{ ) and find all necessary details.

lol

Apologies for any typing mistakes I failed to notice.

Markus Reger

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>>> SinardyXing_at_bkgcomsvc.com 02/25/03 11:14 AM >>>
Hi all,

Can someone help me understand this...

ROOT # TEST=${2:-.}
ROOT # echo $TEST
ROOT #.

what is 2:-.

another similar code

ROOT # TEST=${1:-0}
ROOT # echo $TEST
ROOT # 0

they looks like emoticon for me

Thank you

Sinardy

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