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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:26:41 +0100
From: Peter Stephenson <Peter.Stephenson@csr.com>
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Subject: Re: Test if parameter is set
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:48:57 +0200
Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> wrote:
> how can I test if a parameter is set?

if (( ${+VAR} )); then
   ...

is the zsh-specific answer.  However, you can do this in a more standard
way, should you wish, with

if [[ -n ${VAR+1} ]]; then
   ...

(note no ":").

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