How do i make a define a variable as an integer in a bash shell script?
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Man page for builtin declare command.
declare -i LuckyNumber LuckyNumber=5 echo Number = $LuckyNumber LuckyNumber=five echo Number = $LuckyNumber
Running it produces.
$ ./declare.sh Number = 5 Number = 0
The string assigned to the variable, end up as zero.
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