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Old 03-11-2009
ruben.rodrigues ruben.rodrigues is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov View Post
Change this:


Code:
[$var -lt 1]

to this


Code:
[ $var -lt 1 ]

You need a space after the opening bracket and another one before the closing one.

MANNNNNN no way. lol I lost sooooo many time and was just a space. lol

thanks