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  4. How To Check if Bash Variable is Empty? [2 Easy Methods]

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COMMENTS

  1. Testing if a variable is empty in a shell script

    Bash doesn't have any special values for True or False, so the only "false" value is 0. Then, a variable can be set to an empty string or it can be unset. Set the variable if it isn't …

  2. bash

    This technique allows for a variable to be assigned a value if another variable is either empty or is undefined. NOTE: This "other variable" can be the same or another variable. excerpt

  3. Assigning default values to shell variables with a single command …

    You can use something called Bash parameter expansion to accomplish this. To get the assigned value, or default if it's missing: FOO="${VARIABLE:-default}" # FOO will be …

  4. How to Assign Variable in Bash Script? [8 Practical Cases]

    This article explored several cases to assign variables in Bash, including single-variable assignments, multi-variable assignments in a single line, assigning values from environmental variables, and so on.

  5. How to Assign Default Value to a Variable Using Bash

    In this article, we explored how to set a default value to a variable under various conditions using the $ {param:-param} expression and similar constructs. In particular, the …

  6. Testing if a variable is empty in a shell script

    A more stable way to check for an empty variable would be to use parameter expansion: MYVAR=${MYVAR:-"Bad Value"} This method works for the traditional bourne shell, as well as …