Thomas wrote:
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 09:24:39AM +0800, Aiza wrote:

Hello,

Receiving a variable from the command line that is suppose
to contain numeric values.

How do I code a test to verify the content is  numeric?

http://www.google.com/search?q=shell+test+if+variable+numeric

First link =>
http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/46276-check-variable-if-its-non-numeric.html

Gosh, Google is full of answers these days..


yea but none of them are for freebsd style .sh shell


I'm, using

[ "${dup_times}" != [0-9] ] && exerr "value not numeric"

and get the errot messahe no mater what value is in dup_times.

What is wrong with this code?




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