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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] Need help understanding ksh scripting. Post 302888004 by Perderabo on Wednesday 12th of February 2014 07:52:31 AM
Old 02-12-2014
Another ksh alternative would be
if (($i > 1)) or even if ((i > 1)). That trailing semi-colon is harmless but useless. I actually like to do:
Code:
if ((i > 1)) ; then

which shortens a script while being easy to read.
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let(1)                                                             User Commands                                                            let(1)

NAME
let - shell built-in function to evaluate one or more arithmetic expressions SYNOPSIS
ksh let arg... DESCRIPTION
ksh Each arg is a separate "arithmetic expression" to be evaluated. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 The value of the last expression is non-zero. 1 The value of the last expression is zero. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ksh(1), set(1), typeset(1), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 let(1)
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