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evaluate script.sh

1. What does $* variable do?

• $* Takes the user input, and uses the value in the script.

1. What does the & symbol do?

• & in the script given (&&) tells the script to “add on” the second part of the script, if and only if the first part is executed successfully.
• the second & runs the script in the background, and the return status is 0 or true.

1. What is the script doing?

• This script is taking the value given by the user and sleeping an echo of the value back to them.

1. How is the script doing this?

• It is taking the user input and saving it as a variable. By doing this you can take user input and use it multiple times in a script.