How to write an OR statement

aukequist · #1 (**permalink**) 11-08-2005

Hi all,
I want to check if the first or the second or the third argument of call to a shell script is empty.

How do i do that in a short way. I watched some examples and i believe
if [ .$1 = . ] checks if an argument is NULL.

If so, how can i add the checks for argument 2 and 3 in the statement?

Thanks in advance
Auke Quist

RTM · #2 (**permalink**) 11-08-2005

if [ .$1 = . ] || [ .$2 = . ] || [ .$3 = . ] ; then
echo "missing parameter"
fi

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