Re: F12 -> F14 (via preupgrade), not so smooth

[Kevin Cummings]

On 11/17/2010 04:22 PM, stan wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:56:04 -0500
> Bill Davidsen  wrote:
> > stan wrote:
> > > #Fix console loglevel
> > > if [ -n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then
> > >        /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL
> > > else
> > >        /bin/dmesg -n 3
> > > fi
> >
> > /bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:-3}
>
> That's slick.  I presume you meant 
> /bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:3}
> changing the -3 to a 3?  I didn't look up the documentation, just
> extrapolating.

Nope.  Read the bash man page.  Particularly the section on parameter
substitution....