Re: Deleting files

[Chris Elvidge]

On 22/02/2021 12:31 pm, michael-franzese@gmx.com wrote:
> > Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 at 11:05 PM
> > From: "Chris Elvidge" <celvidge001@gmail.com>
> > To: help-bash@gnu.org
> > Subject: Re: Deleting files
> >
> > On 22/02/2021 06:39 am, michael-franzese@gmx.com wrote:
> > > How can I write the following compactly
> > >
> > > if (( nargs > 2 )); then
> > >       if [[ "${3}" == "t" ]]; then
> > >         remove_file=true
> > >       fi
> > > fi
> >
> > Here, you don't really need to check number of arguments. If $3 is not
> > given, it will be unset, so:
> >
> > [ "$3" = "t" ] && remove_file=true
> >
> > will do it.
> > Should you check for "T" as well?
>
> I could do with that as well.
>
> > --
> > Chris Elvidge
> > England

[ "$3" ] && N="${3^}" && [ "$N" = "T" ] && remove_file=true


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