On 11/17/2010 04:22 PM, stan wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:56:04 -0500 > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> stan wrote: > >>> #Fix console loglevel >>> if [ -n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then >>> /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL >>> else >>> /bin/dmesg -n 3 >>> fi >> >> /bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:-3} > > That's slick. I presume you meant > /bin/dmesg -n ${LOGLEVEL:3} > changing the -3 to a 3? I didn't look up the documentation, just > extrapolating. Nope. Read the bash man page. Particularly the section on parameter substitution.... -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines