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In article <446_9405232211@sasbbse.com>, Tim.Pesce@1.sasbbse.com (Tim Pesce) writes:
|> In article <jorcasCq6Gx5.AI1@netcom.com>,
|> Jorge E Castillo Jr <jorcas@netcom.com> wrote:
|> >How do I chek if a shell script has received arguments (that $1 exists).
|> 
|> First of all, it will depend on the shell you are using.  I am assuming
|> you are using the Bourne shell.
|> 
|> You can query the $# variable.  This is the number of command-line
|> arguments passed to the shell script.
|> 
|> Hope this helps!

Every programming method has at least two solutions.
Another usefull technique is to use quotes.

	if [ "$1" = "" ]
	then  ...
 
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