>>>>> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Jonathan Callen wrote: > + # Don't append another ";" when a valid category value is provided. > + [[ -n ${type} && ${type} != *';' ]] && type+=";"
This can be shortened to: [[ -n ${type} ]] && type="${type%;};" or even shorter: type="${type%;}${type:+;}" Ulrich