What does $# mean in shell? I have code such as if [ $# -eq 0 ] then I want to understand what $# means, but Google search is very bad for searching these kinds of things.

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Shell - "Shell" is a program, which facilitates the interaction between the user and the operating system (kernel). There are many shell implementations available, like sh, Bash, C shell, Z shell, etc.

Dec 22, 2010 · Furthermore, you also have which is the logical or, and also which is just a separator which doesn't care what happend to the command before.

Here shell is an alias for bash. Chroma has something called Session. Pygments (doc) uses console, shell-session for bash sessions, pwsh-session, ps1con for power shell sessions and many other non …

I often come across $?, $0, $1, $2, etc in shell scripting. I know that $? returns the exit status of the last command: echo "this will return 0" echo $? But what do the others do? What ...

Feb 20, 2011 · When going through one shell script, I saw the term "$?". What is the significance of this term?

Sep 14, 2012 · $! is the PID of the most recent background command. $0 is the name of the shell or shell script. Most of the above can be found under Special Parameters in the Bash Reference …

May 8, 2012 · I understand the basic difference between an interactive shell and a non-interactive shell. But what exactly differentiates a login shell from a non-login shell? Can you give examples for uses of...

Nov 15, 2010 · A bashism is a shell feature which is only supported in bash and certain other more advanced shells. It will not work under busybox sh or dash (which is /bin/sh on a lot of distros), or …