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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Scope of variables between scripts Post 302440382 by dahlia84 on Tuesday 27th of July 2010 05:09:18 AM
Old 07-27-2010
Scott - I lack basics! I search google and ask forum members for help when ever I am stuck. When they give me the solution I feel like I lack the basics... I want to master myself in ksh. I should be able to write date manipulation programs, sending e-mail, etc such real time scripts in ksh. Can you suggest me few books which has some exercises as well, please?
 

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suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell SYNOPSIS
sh suspend csh suspend ksh suspend DESCRIPTION
sh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). csh Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su. ksh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 suspend(1)
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