What does $# mean in shell? I have code such as if [ $# -eq 0 ] then I want to understand what $# means, but Google search is very bad for searching these kinds of things.

Feb 20, 2011 · When going through one shell script, I saw the term "$?". What is the significance of this term?

May 8, 2012 · I understand the basic difference between an interactive shell and a non-interactive shell. But what exactly differentiates a login shell from a non-login shell? Can you give …

Shell - "Shell" is a program, which facilitates the interaction between the user and the operating system (kernel). There are many shell implementations available, like sh, Bash, C shell, Z …

Shell equality operators (=, ==, -eq) Asked 11 years, 11 months ago Modified 3 years, 6 months ago Viewed 648k times

I often come across $?, $0, $1, $2, etc in shell scripting. I know that $? returns the exit status of the last command: echo "this will return 0" echo $? But what do the others do? …

Oct 27, 2021 · The shell will try to create directory test and then, only if it was successful will try create file inside it. So you may interrupt a sequence of steps if one of them failed.

The shell is the program which actually processes commands and returns output. Most shells also manage foreground and background processes, command history and command line editing.

More precisely, a double dash (--) is used in most Bash built-in commands and many other commands to signify the end of command options, after which only positional ("non-option") …

May 18, 2010 · Special shell variables verbose If set, causes the words of each command to be printed, after history substitution (if any). Set by the -v command line option. echo If set, each …