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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Test for shell interpreter at beginning of script Post 302328504 by bwhitehd on Wednesday 24th of June 2009 12:15:05 PM
Old 06-24-2009
One thing I have done over the years is create a standard set of libraries that I source near the top of my scripts with something like this:

Code:
[ -f ${LIBDIR}/bashlib.sh ] && . ${LIBDIR}/bashlib.sh

Within that library file I have something like this:
Code:
if [ -z "${BASH}" ]
then
    $printf "${SCRIPT}:${LINENO}: please run this script with the BASH shell\n" >&2
    exit $EXIT_VAL
elif [ ${BASH_VERSINFO} -lt 3 ]
then
    printf "${SCRIPT}:${LINENO}: BASH version 3 or greater is required\n" >&2
    exit $EXIT_VAL
fi

Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to dynamically change the "shebang" line since it is the first line of the script. You could potentially use a wrapper that uses a shell that you know is always available which then calls your other scripts using the preferred and available shell.

I understand not having the same shells available when you have multiple platforms (i.e. Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, etc.), but I would be concerned if you have systems that are the same platform and version but with different installation standards. This is especially true in a large data-center. Also, if you know that systems will not all have the same shells, I would recommend using the least common denominator. So if the all have sh or csh, I would write my scripts using one of those.

Just my .02.

-B
 

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