On Jul 6, 2006, at 4:44 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 05Jul2006 21:50, sarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | I'm trying to learn bash shell scripting, by writing a script, using
> | an array. I'm finding plenty of information about arrays but nothing
> | about making elements within an array integers.
> |
> | I'm trying to make a while loop with
> |
> | count=1
> | chapter=1
> | amount=( 50 40 27 36 34 )
> |
> | while [ $chapter -le ${amount[$count]} ]; do
> |
> | I'm getting the error "[: 51: unary operator expected"
>
> Try running your script with the -x option. You can have the script
> turn
> it on like this:
>
> set -x
> count=1
> chapter=1
> amount=( 50 40 27 36 34 )
> while [ $chapter -le ${amount[$count]} ]; do
>
> See what [ ..... ] command is actually issued - that will reveal
> how the
> "[" (test) command is being issued, and hopefully point the way to the
> problem.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743
> http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
>
> People who write "obtuse" to mean a mixture of "obscure" and
> "abstruse" are
> displaying their own obtuseness. - Eric Minch
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks I found the problem with "set -x" and it was completely
unrelated.
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