which not working as expected

osee · #1 (**permalink**) 09-07-2004

Hello.

Consider the following magic words:

# ls `which adduser`
ls: /usr/sbin/adduser: No such file or directory
#

Hmmm...
Then:
# ls /usr/sbin/adduser
/usr/sbin/adduser
#

Now what?
Unforunately this little sniippet is used in my debian woody server's mysql pre install script. Which means I can't upgrade or remove it.

What is causing it?
Debian woody running bash 2.05a-11.

Perderabo · #2 (**permalink**) 09-07-2004

What does this show?

echo `which adduser` | od -c

osee · #3 (**permalink**) 09-07-2004

0000000 033 ] 0 ; w a l l : / r o o t \a /
0000020 u s r / s b i n / a d d u s e r
0000040 \n
0000041

This was a real eye-opener.
khm... I've done some prompt magic. Disabling that the whole thing was fixed

Thank you very much indeed.

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Find cmd not working as expected	Vishal123	Shell Programming and Scripting	6	08-29-2007 02:11 AM
#/usr/bin/csh -f not working as expected?	effigy	Shell Programming and Scripting	4	06-05-2006 05:00 PM
Var substitution in awk - not working as expected	videsh77	Shell Programming and Scripting	3	01-13-2006 01:57 PM
ls not working as expected within ksh	GNMIKE	Shell Programming and Scripting	10	07-07-2005 07:53 AM
awk not working as expected with BIG files ...	videsh77	Shell Programming and Scripting	1	02-24-2005 04:15 PM

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:


	Powered by