OT: bash help

[Suvayu Ali]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 02:44:14PM -0700, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that,
> or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string.
> 
> if [ -n $# ]

This will always be true.  -n tests if a string is empty or not.  0
counts as non-empty.  You should use one of the comparison operators.
Try something like this:

  [ $# -gt 0 ]

Hope this helps,

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