The shebang works only when
1. it is on the first line
2. it starts in column one
If you need to run some code in another shell -
This executes one line using ksh. Otherwise you have to invoke the other shell in a separate script.
I added .csh and .ksh extensions to show what shell they use, the .ksh extension, for example, has no effect on actual shell choice in the script.
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 12-06-2010 at 08:56 AM..
hey, i'm trying to write a shell script which accepts:
operand operator operand
then, the script would see which operator it is (using case) and calculate it...
but i dont know how to do it correctly with $1 $2 $3... (eliminating accepting separate inputs) (1 Reply)
I have a shell script which resides on three SCO machines containing some simple sqlplus statments. I need to run these scripts remotely. Currently, I am trying to use rsh to do so:
rsh hostname myscript args
The problem is that the arguments to the sqlplus statements in the remote shell... (4 Replies)
Hello members,
I'm working on the Solaris environment and the DB i'm using is Oracle 10g.
Skeleton of what I'm attempting;
Write a ksh script to perform the following. I have no idea how to include my sql query within a shell script and loop through the statements. Have therefore given a... (4 Replies)
#!/bin/ksh
echo -en "\033|||'-'))
echo -e "\033
The above script works fine when the interpreter is ksh, but outputs the following error when #!/bin/bash is used as shebang:
test.sh: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `('
test.sh: line 5: `case "$ACTIVATION_KEY" in +(|||'-'))' (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I am new in UNIX.I have a situation here.:confused:
I have a script which have to be run in every shell (like KSH,BASH,CSH).
Script may be any thing.
But i don't know how to do it.Because the syntax of every shell may be different.
Please advise..
Thanks for your kind advise in... (5 Replies)
Hello All,
I was writing a Bash shell script that will be executed on both an AIX server (/usr/bin/ksh) and a SLES server (/bin/bash). The AIX server
has Bash installed at "/usr/bin/bash", which is in a different dir then the SLES server.
So basically I am writing the script on the SLES... (4 Replies)
Hi,
Can we use 3 statements convert in a single statement.
First statement output using the second statement and the second statement output using the third statement please let me know the syntax so that I can able to merge all the three statement. (2 Replies)
hi all,
i have made a shell script and it runs until it reaches the if statement, doesn't the ! mean only if the command fails it will echo me that message and then exit
can anyone please help me what is wrong with my code?
many thanks,
rob
#!/bin/bash
echo "is this archive... (10 Replies)
Hi all, I'm new to shell script
i wrote some shell script for my colleague, everyone is fine,except on user
we are using VNC viewer to work
and there are some script start with shebang #! /bin/csh
there is an user will not terminate after running the script even if a hello world
i need... (5 Replies)
Hi I am trying the following in my bash script which logs into my machine and runs a command. Trying to solve this using expect.
The first expect statement is hit and it enters the address "10.10.0.10" but when the second expect statement is hit it exits
#!/bin/bash
expect -c '
spawn... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT V7
suspend
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)