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--- a/bash.html.markdown
+++ b/bash.html.markdown
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ contributors:
- ["Max Yankov", "https://github.com/golergka"]
- ["Darren Lin", "https://github.com/CogBear"]
- ["Alexandre Medeiros", "http://alemedeiros.sdf.org"]
+ - ["Denis Arh", "https://github.com/darh"]
filename: LearnBash.sh
---
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ echo '$VARIABLE'
echo ${VARIABLE/Some/A}
# This will substitute the first occurance of "Some" with "A"
+# Default value for variable
+echo ${FOO:-"DefaultValueIfFOOIsMissingOrEmpty"}
+# This works for null (FOO=), empty string (FOO=""), zero (FOO=0) returns 0
+
# Bultin variables:
# There are some useful builtin variables, like
echo "Last program return value: $?"