mirror of https://github.com/tLDP/LDP
51 lines
1.3 KiB
Bash
51 lines
1.3 KiB
Bash
#!/bin/bash
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# Let's check some of the system's environmental variables.
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# If, for example, $USER, the name of the person at the console, is not set,
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# the machine will not recognize you.
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: ${HOSTNAME?} ${USER?} ${HOME?} ${MAIL?}
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echo
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echo "Name of the machine is $HOSTNAME."
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echo "You are $USER."
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echo "Your home directory is $HOME."
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echo "Your mail INBOX is located in $MAIL."
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echo
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echo "If you are reading this message,"
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echo "critical environmental variables have been set."
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echo
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echo
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# ------------------------------------------------------
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# The ${variablename?} construction can also check
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# for variables set within the script.
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ThisVariable=Value-of-ThisVariable
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# Note, by the way, that string variables may be set
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# to characters disallowed in their names.
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: ${ThisVariable?}
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echo "Value of ThisVariable is $ThisVariable".
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echo
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echo
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: ${ZZXy23AB?"ZZXy23AB has not been set."}
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# If ZZXy23AB has not been set, then the script terminates with an error message.
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# You can specify the error message.
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# : ${ZZXy23AB?"ZZXy23AB has not been set."}
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# Same result with: dummy_variable=${ZZXy23AB?}
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# dummy_variable=${ZZXy23AB?"ZXy23AB has not been set."}
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#
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# echo ${ZZXy23AB?} >/dev/null
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echo "You will not see this message, because script terminated above."
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HERE=0
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exit $HERE # Will *not* exit here.
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