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Old 08-31-2009
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Originally Posted by methyl
Sorry to be a pain again scripter.online.
The trailing semicolon is not needed and can cause some shells to misbehave.
In this context it is harmless.
I'm only being pedantic because you are building a useful resource.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
[ $# -ne 2 ] && echo "Usage ${0} input1 input2 " && exit 1;
echo $2 $1

Personally I might use "&&" to test the success of a command when writing a dependent cron, but rarely in scripts.
However in Oracle scripting the semicolon is critical.
ohh
thanks methyl Smilie
I am not effected upto now ......thatwhy i dont know Smilie
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