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08-22-2002

bookoo

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While loops

Hi all,
I am an amateur k shell scripter and came across something I need clarification on.

while [ 1 ]; do
various commands
done

What is the "[ 1 ]" condition testing for in the above while loop?

THx,
Bookoo

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