Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 18:57:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bash question Message-ID: <19980407185715.20061@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407162346.22039A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>; from Dean Hollister on Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 04:25:33PM %2B0800 References: <19980407173852.47780@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407162346.22039A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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On Tue, 7 April 1998 at 16:25:33 +0800, Dean Hollister wrote: > On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> It's in the man page for test(1). The name [ is a synonym for test: > > Thanks. Now another obvious question. If I: > > echo "Text" | bash-script > > What "value" is the about output going into the script assigned to, ie, > from within the script, to put "text" into a string would require: > > string=? If you want the complete input, string=$* You can also split it into individual parameters ($1, $2, etc.). Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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