Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!pacbell!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: danj1@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Dan Jacobson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: find (too many arguments) Message-ID: <12594@cbnewse.ATT.COM> Date: 14 Jan 90 16:04:32 GMT References: <1990Jan11.113045.13055@virtech.uucp> Reply-To: danj1@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Dan Jacobson) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 7 cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) errs, so I just have to point out: > while [ ! -z "x$1" ] but on the test(1) man page: -z s1 true if the length of string s1 is zero. So the "while" will always be "! false" == "true". -- Dan Jacobson +1-708-979-6364 danj1@ihlpa.ATT.COM