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 expr…

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…

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 tes…