[plug] Shell Scripting Confusion

[John Summerfield]

> 
> if [ -n ${output}"" ] ; then

It's nothing to do with the question at hand, BUT

In this context
	[ $n > $y ]
the greather-than symbol is a redirection operator.

You would most likely mean
	[ $n \> $y ]

If you happened to have the name of a Very Important File in $y at the 
time, tough. You keep backups, don't you?

Handy hint 2
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