I'm trying to understand the syntax of an existing ksh script. I came across the following line:
HOME_APP=${HOME_APP:-/app}
What does it mean?
CodePudding user response:
Seems like there must be a duplicate for this, but :-
is used to supply a default value for the expansion when HOME_APP
is unset or null.
$ unset HOME_APP
$ echo "${HOME_APP:-/app}"
/app
$ HOME_APP=
$ echo "${HOME_APP:-/app}"
/app
$ HOME_APP=/opt
$ echo "${HOME_APP:-/app}"
/opt