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Old 04-14-2012
Value of variable is NULL, but test doesn't seem to recognize

Hello, Unix-forums!

My problem:
Code:
read -p "Enter any number, please" number
sleep 1
echo $number | tr -d 0-9
test -z $number && echo "Thank you" || echo "This is not a number"

Test always displays "This is not a number". It doesn't matter if I entered a or 1.

But if I order
Code:
echo $number

before the test command, it displays nothing, so the $number should be NULL, not?

Last edited by intelinside; 04-14-2012 at 08:37 AM..
 

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