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if -z

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can anyone help me by saying what exactly the '-z' will do..

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In ksh and bash it means "true", if string is empty.

Korn shell scripts
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/refcards.html#AEN20644

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thanks a lot zaxxon..

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