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Assigning a Value to Null Variables (sh)

Assigning a Value to Null Variables (sh)

Post by Keith Tonge » Tue, 11 Feb 1997 04:00:00



Is it more efficient to assign a value to a variable without a value
like this:

a=${a:-"SomeValue"}

        -or this -

:${a:="SomeValue"}

Or is it simply a matter of coding style?

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1. assign a value in a variable in sh

Hello all,

I have a simple problem,

In an sh script i have to get  values (string and int) to put in  two
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These values can be in two files with only this string or value in it

Or i can get it with a perl script that make a "print $variable;"

Can you help me ?

Thank's a lot,     :-)

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