Shell Var?

[Oviwan]

Hi

What does this exactly mean:
[
\
....

is somewhere an overview or something else?

Regards

[RAC_1]

It is another way of putting if not construct.

I prefer if [xxxx];then
hjhdhd
fi

[Peter Godron]

Oviwan,
91 is the ascci value for [
93 is the ascii value for ]

man ascii ( look for 5b and 5d (hex for 91,93)

[Muthukumar_5]

&# used to handle an alphabet in ascii mode in scripting. It is an expert level scripting.

# cat /usr/share/lib/pub/ascii

will give letter and ascii value to it.

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Muthu

[Oviwan]

Thanks!

But what is the reason for using the ascii method? is this environment dependently?

Regards

[Muthukumar_5]

Not like that. You can use ascii mode as well in shell.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=143878

See in that, netconf file is configured with [ and \ instead of [] for shell variables.

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Muthu

[Muthukumar_5]

See this:

Give [ in forums search in the top. It is changed to [ alphabet. Like the shell will interpret.

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Muthu

[Peter Godron]

Oviwan,
I have not come across a situation were I HAD to use the ascii equivalence codes.
I assume it is down to personal preference.

[Oviwan]

Thanks,

at first glance it's really confusing. Isn't there really an other reason?

Regards

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi,

Check this thread out

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=22050

-Arun