397 What is the difference between =, == and -eq in shell scripting? Is there any difference between the following?

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I'm trying to learn shell scripting, and I need to understand someone else's code. What is the $? variable hold? I can't Google search the answer because they block punctuation characters.

I often come across $?, $0, $1, $2, etc in shell scripting. I know that $? returns the exit status of the last command: echo "this will return 0" echo $? But what do the others do? …

BTW, in bash a semi-colon is a statement separator, not a statement terminator, which is a new-line. So if you only have one statement on a line then the ; at end-of-line are superfluous. Not …

Jul 14, 2011 · Double quotes act similarly to single quotes, except double quotes still allow the shell to interpret dollar signs, back quotes and backslashes. It is already known that …

Nov 15, 2010 · This is the most useful answer for shell scripting. I have found myself the last 30 minutes because I had a space before and after the equal sign!!

Jul 16, 2010 · What exactly is shell scripting? And what is Bash, Korn, and Expect? I use a few commands in a Linux terminal, is that shell scripting too? Again I am confused what exactly is …

Feb 10, 2010 · How do I compare a variable to a string (and do something if they match)?