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Old 12-04-2005
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A Korn shell in interactive mode has the "-i" flag set, hence:

Code:
if [ $(print - "$-" | grep -c "i") -gt 0 ] ; then
     print - "shell is interactive"
else
     print - "shell is non-interactive"
fi
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Last edited by bakunin; 12-04-2005 at 05:00 PM.
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