bash query

[dave selby]

On 03/06/07, Andy <stude.list at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 03/06/07, dave selby <dave6502 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > #!/bin/bash
> > read KEY
> > if [ $KEY = "q" ];
> > then
> > echo "a QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ"
> > fi
> > [snip]
> > dave at dev-machine:~$ ./test.sh
> >
> > ./test.sh: line 5: [: =: unary operator expected
> > dave at dev-machine:~$
>
> Use "$KEY" instead of $KEY , that way if $KEY has no value it
> evaluates to the empty string ""
>


Thanks for that - makes sense

Cheers

Dave




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