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Hi,

Can someone help me with this small piece of code.

DIRNAME=$(dirname $0)
BASENAME=$(basename $0)
DATA="${DIRNAME}/${BASENAME}.data"
[ -r $DATA ] && . $DATA

whats is meant by [ -r $DATA ] && . $DATA here...

Regards,
Abhishek
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If $DATA exists and is readable, source (read) the file $DATA and include its contents in the current shell script
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Ok.....
so this is a condition but without an "if ... fi" block?


Thanks for the help friend.

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Abhi
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