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[Charles Obler <joyinstruggle@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Istvan Gabor <suseuser04@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Istvan Gabor <suseuser04@xxxxxxx>
>
> 2010. február 24. 16:15 napon Ken Schneider - 
> openSUSE <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> írta:
>
> > test -z "$CONSOLE" && CONSOLE-/dev/console
> >
> > means to test if the variable CONSOLE is empty 
> > and if it is set it to
> >
> > /dev/console 
> >
> > If the variable is not empty go to the next line.
> >
> > The next line sets the variable REDIRECT to the value
> > of the result of the command showconsole. (I'm pretty 
> > sure but not 100%.)
> >
> > The last line exports the value of the two variables
> > globally.
>
> Ken, thanks for explaining.
> I wish I had more time to learn all this stuff.
>
> Istvan

Here's a terrific bash tutorial.  

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

It's one of my favorite tutorials.  Bash is a surprisingly 
powerful language, and it's fun to code in.




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