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What does -n in if [ -n "${TEMP_FILE_LIST}" ] do?

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What does -n in if [ -n "${TEMP_FILE_LIST}" ] do for this shell script?

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asked Oct 03 '11 04:10

Oh Chin Boon

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From help test:

  -n STRING
     STRING      True if string is not empty.

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answered Nov 15 '22 22:11

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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