On 11/17/2010 04:22 PM, stan wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:56:04 -0500
Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com> wrote:
> stan wrote:
>> #Fix console loglevel
>> if [ -n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then
>> /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL
>> else
>> /bin/dmesg -n 3
>> fi
>
> /bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:-3}
That's slick. I presume you meant
/bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:3}
changing the -3 to a 3? I didn't look up the documentation, just
extrapolating.
Nope. Read the bash man page. Particularly the section on parameter
substitution....
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