You are seeing that second shell because bash is spawning it to run the while loop:
This is also the reason why the effects of modifying variables within the while loop are not visible to the rest of the script.
Some shell implementations run the while loop within the current shell, but not bash.
I have come across the topic of changing shells, does that mean that all Unix operating systems comes with a variety of shells built in and its up to the user to select a shell of his/her choice? (2 Replies)
Hi,
Would like to ask the experts if anyone knows how to run a script like this:
dtterm -title shell1
run process1 on shell1
dtterm -title shell2
run process2 on shell2
cheers!
p/s: sorry if i used the wrong forum, quite concussed after watching world cup for several nights; but I... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a shell script which calls other shell scripts, depending on the input.
Within a.sh, I have a command which calls b.sh (ie. ksh b.sh)
Normally, we use the exit function to terminate a shell. However, if I choose to call exit from b.sh, I will return to the parent shell who... (4 Replies)
Hi,
Is it possible to use multiple shells in one script.
There are sometimes we need to club shell specific commands in single script.
for example in bash mode we use -e with echo to use Escape sequence but in ksh it is not required. How to tell a UNIX command to run in a specific shell.
... (2 Replies)
HI,
I would like to ask You about some good books or links where I can find information about shells, theoretical information.
I will be grateful if You can help me
And I have question about zsh loop
trivial script:
#!/bin/zsh
for i in {1..100000}
do
echo $i;
doneexec time is 10... (9 Replies)
All,
I am pretty new to Unix and still in the learning curve :) I have a simple requirement for which I did not get an answer yet (Atleast I do not know how to keyword the search for my requirement!!!).
I have an executable script my.script1 in a folder /data/misc/scripts/dev, which when... (5 Replies)
how to run an already developed script run against a list of ip addresses solaris 8 question.
the script goes away and check traffic information, for example
check_GE-VLANStats-P3 1.1.1.1
and returns the results ok.
how do I run this against an ip list? i.e a list of 30 ip addresses (26 Replies)
Hi
What is the command to run additional available shells on top of default shell. I am using bash
also how can i tell that the additional shells are actually running?
Also what is the advantage of running additional shells on top of your default login shell of bash?
Lastly... (1 Reply)
Hi, unix newbi here.
Im currently on the bash shell, what are the commands to run additional shells?
for example i want to run csh and then ksh?
Thanks.
BT. (2 Replies)
Hi to all,
i have the following problem...
i want to run three commands in a script in different shells... the first command is running always and is needed for the second on to run properly... example
# Procedure 1
xterm -e exec1 arg1 arg2
# Procedure 2
xterm -e exec2 arg1 arg2
#... (6 Replies)
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openvt
OPENVT(1) Linux 1.x OPENVT(1)NAME
openvt - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
SYNOPSIS
openvt [-c vtnumber] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-v] [--] command command_options
DESCRIPTION
openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it the given command with the given command options, standard input, output and error
are directed to that terminal. The current search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested command. If no command is specified then the
environment variable $SHELL is used.
OPTIONS
-c vtnumber
Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note you must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work.
-e Directly execute the given command, without forking. This option is meant for use in /etc/inittab.
-s Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The VT of the new command will be made the new current VT.
-u Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run login as that user. Suitable to be called by init. Shouldn't be used with -c or -l.
-l Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to the name of the command to be executed.
-v Be a bit more verbose.
-w wait for command to complete. If -w and -s are used together then openvt will switch back to the controlling terminal when the com-
mand completes.
-- end of options to openvt.
NOTE
If openvt is compiled with a POSIX (GNU) getopt() and you wish to set options to the command to be run, then you must supply the end of
options -- flag before the command.
EXAMPLES
openvt can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the command:
openvt bash
To start the shell as a login shell, use:
openvt -l bash
To get a long listing you must supply the -- separator:
openvt -- ls -l
HISTORY
Earlier, openvt was called open. It was written by Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>. The -w idea is from "sam".
SEE ALSO chvt(1), doshell(8), login(1)19 Jul 1996 V1.4 OPENVT(1)