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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting ERROR-> test: argument expected , what does it mean? Post 302089960 by tan102938 on Thursday 21st of September 2006 04:27:16 PM
Old 09-21-2006
ERROR-> test: argument expected , what does it mean?

I am trying to compare two integer variables in the if statement, but i am getting this "test:argument expected".
What am i missing?
Why is the if loop not executing correctly?


trunkPCM="100000";
more $FILE |while read line
do

PCM=`echo $line | awk '{ print $2 }'`
if [ -n "$PCM" ]
then
echo "$PCM, $trunkPCM";

if [ $PMC -eq $trunkPCM ]
then
trunkPCM=$PCM;
fi
fi
done


Thanks for your help!
 

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NAME
mlib_SignalADPCM3Bits2Linear - adaptive differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM) SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmlib [ library... ] #include <mlib.h> mlib_status mlib_SignalADPCM3Bits2Linear(mlib_s16 *pcm, const mlib_u8 *adpcm, void *state, mlib_s32 n); DESCRIPTION
The mlib_SignalADPCM3Bits2Linear() function performs adaptive differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM) in compliance with the ITU (former CCITT) G.721, G.723, and G.726 specifications. It converts data fromG.723 or G.726 24kbps 3-bit ADPCM to 16-bit linear PCM format. PARAMETERS
The function takes the following arguments: pcm Linear PCM sample array. adpcm ADPCM code array. state Internal structure of the codec. n Number of samples in the source array. RETURN VALUES
The function returns MLIB_SUCCESS if successful. Otherwise it returns MLIB_FAILURE. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
mlib_SignalADPCM2Bits2Linear(3MLIB), mlib_SignalADPCM4Bits2Linear(3MLIB), mlib_SignalADPCM5Bits2Linear(3MLIB), mlib_SignalADPCMFree(3MLIB), mlib_SignalADPCMInit(3MLIB), mlib_SignalLinear2ADPCM2Bits(3MLIB), mlib_SignalLinear2ADPCM3Bits(3MLIB), mlib_SignalLinear2ADPCM4Bits(3MLIB), mlib_SignalLinear2ADPCM5Bits(3MLIB), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 9 Nov 2004 mlib_SignalADPCM3Bits2Linear(3MLIB)
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