Shell equality operators (=, ==, -eq) Asked 11 years, 11 months ago Modified 3 years, 5 months ago Viewed 645k times

Aug 1, 2019 · What does echo $? mean in shell programming?true echo $? # echoes 0 false echo $? # echoes 1 From the manual: (acessible by calling man bash in your shell) ? Expands to …

May 8, 2012 · I understand the basic difference between an interactive shell and a non-interactive shell. But what exactly differentiates a login shell from a non-login shell? Can you give …

Shell - "Shell" is a program, which facilitates the interaction between the user and the operating system (kernel). There are many shell implementations available, like sh, Bash, C shell, Z …

In man bash we can read in Shell Builtin Commands section (online doc): Unless otherwise noted, each builtin command documented in this section as accepting options preceded by - accepts …

I often come across $?, $0, $1, $2, etc in shell scripting. I know that $? returns the exit status of the last command: echo "this will return 0" echo $? But what do the others do? …

Feb 20, 2011 · When going through one shell script, I saw the term "$?". What is the significance of this term?

BTW, in bash a semi-colon is a statement separator, not a statement terminator, which is a new-line. So if you only have one statement on a line then the ; at end-of-line are superfluous. Not …

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Sep 30, 2010 · How to represent multiple conditions in a shell if statement? Asked 15 years, 1 month ago Modified 3 years, 9 months ago Viewed 1.2m times