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# 1  
Old 07-11-2006
question about a 'test' command

Hi all,
I have the following script.Can somone explain what it does.Thanks in advance.

if test $# -lt 1
then
echo "Message"
exit 1
fi
# 2  
Old 07-11-2006
help about a 'test' script

Hi all,
I have the following script.Can somone explain to me what it does.Thanks in advance.

if test $# -lt 1
then
echo "Message"
exit 1
fi
# 3  
Old 07-11-2006
This script just test the number of parameters passed to the script. If number of parameters passed is less than 1, it displays 'Message' otherwise does nothing

Hope it helps
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