Variable in an IF statement

[chris01010]

Afternoon all,

Trying to run an IF statement within a script in KSH. Basically I want it to check whether a variable has a value set or whether it is blank.

I currently have the below, but needless to say it's not working. Can anyone spot where i'm going wrong?

If [ $FILE != '' ]

then .......

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

Chris

 

[PHV]

Take a look at -z in the man test page.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[chris01010]

Thanks for the post.

I checked that earlier, but I missed the -n option.

Thanks again

Chris