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#!/bin/bash
# Tip:
# If you're unsure how a certain condition might evaluate,
#+ test it in an if-test.
echo
echo "Testing \"0\""
if [ 0 ] # zero
then
echo "0 is true."
else # Or else ...
echo "0 is false."
fi # 0 is true.
echo
echo "Testing \"1\""
if [ 1 ] # one
then
echo "1 is true."
else
echo "1 is false."
fi # 1 is true.
echo
echo "Testing \"-1\""
if [ -1 ] # minus one
then
echo "-1 is true."
else
echo "-1 is false."
fi # -1 is true.
echo
echo "Testing \"NULL\""
if [ ] # NULL (empty condition)
then
echo "NULL is true."
else
echo "NULL is false."
fi # NULL is false.
echo
echo "Testing \"xyz\""
if [ xyz ] # string
then
echo "Random string is true."
else
echo "Random string is false."
fi # Random string is true.
echo
echo "Testing \"\$xyz\""
if [ $xyz ] # Tests if $xyz is null, but...
# it's only an uninitialized variable.
then
echo "Uninitialized variable is true."
else
echo "Uninitialized variable is false."
fi # Uninitialized variable is false.
echo
echo "Testing \"-n \$xyz\""
if [ -n "$xyz" ] # More pedantically correct.
then
echo "Uninitialized variable is true."
else
echo "Uninitialized variable is false."
fi # Uninitialized variable is false.
echo
xyz= # Initialized, but set to null value.
echo "Testing \"-n \$xyz\""
if [ -n "$xyz" ]
then
echo "Null variable is true."
else
echo "Null variable is false."
fi # Null variable is false.
echo
# When is "false" true?
echo "Testing \"false\""
if [ "false" ] # It seems that "false" is just a string ...
then
echo "\"false\" is true." #+ and it tests true.
else
echo "\"false\" is false."
fi # "false" is true.
echo
echo "Testing \"\$false\"" # Again, uninitialized variable.
if [ "$false" ]
then
echo "\"\$false\" is true."
else
echo "\"\$false\" is false."
fi # "$false" is false.
# Now, we get the expected result.
# What would happen if we tested the uninitialized variable "$true"?
echo
exit 0
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