Tag: testing

Bash script: too many arguments in [ test ]

I have the bash script below: When I run it: As you can see, when I don’t pass parameters ( $# -eq 0 ) it fails with “too many arguments”. So, I tested it directly in terminal: So, if it works perfectly in terminal why doesn’t it work passing parameters? Thanks, Answer Your entire expression can be simplified to: This

Obtaining file names from directory in Bash

bash linux shell testing zsh

I am trying to create a zsh script to test my project. The teacher supplied us with some input files and expected output files. I need to diff the output files from myExecutable with the expected output files. Question: Does $iF contain a string in the following code or some kind of bash reference to the file? Note: Any tips

logrotate configuration file development and testing

linux logrotate testing unix

I have two questions related to developing configuration files for the logrotate tool on Linux systems. When I make a change to a file in /etc/logrotate.d, do I need to somehow notify logrotate so that it will recognize and respond to the change? It seems to notice changes on its own, eventually, but when testing log rotation specifications it would