10-23-2009
How to tell which shell is running a script
I've been searching for a while and haven't found this answer anywhere.
How can I tell which shell is running my script from within the script? For example, I have lots of older scripts that we are porting to a new Linux system. Many of the scripts start with ":" alone on a line, which I think long ago forced /bin/sh.
Is there a way to tell within the script what it's being interpreted by? I tried "ps", but that only shows the name of the script.
Thanks,
Sean.
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NAME
atf-sh [-s shell] -- interpreter for shell-based test programs
SYNOPSIS
atf-sh script
DESCRIPTION
atf-sh is an interpreter that runs the test program given in script after loading the atf-sh(3) library.
atf-sh is not a real interpreter though: it is just a wrapper around the system-wide shell defined by ATF_SHELL. atf-sh executes the inter-
preter, loads the atf-sh(3) library and then runs the script. You must consider atf-sh to be a POSIX shell by default and thus should not
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The following options are available:
-s shell Specifies the shell to use instead of the value provided by ATF_SHELL.
ENVIRONMENT
ATF_LIBEXECDIR Overrides the builtin directory where atf-sh is located. Should not be overridden other than for testing purposes.
ATF_PKGDATADIR Overrides the builtin directory where libatf-sh.subr is located. Should not be overridden other than for testing purposes.
ATF_SHELL Path to the system shell to be used in the generated scripts. Scripts must not rely on this variable being set to select a
specific interpreter.
EXAMPLES
Scripts using atf-sh(3) should start with:
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Alternatively, if you want to explicitly choose a shell interpreter, you cannot rely on env(1) to find atf-sh. Instead, you have to hardcode
the path to atf-sh in the script and then use the -s option afterwards as a single parameter:
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ENVIRONMENT
ATF_SHELL Path to the system shell to be used in the generated scripts.
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atf-sh(3)
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