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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting If statement is not working in KSH Post 302495225 by methyl on Wednesday 9th of February 2011 05:04:29 PM
Old 02-09-2011
@cfajohnson I sort of agree. If you only work in modern "Posix" so called "standard" Shells there is really no need for "[[ condition ]]" syntax because of the enhancements to Shell. I work with new, old and ancient Shell scripts and it is imperative that I can read, understand and change scripts in the context of the "Shell of the day".
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CPANPLUS::Shell(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				      CPANPLUS::Shell(3pm)

NAME

       CPANPLUS::Shell

SYNOPSIS

	   use CPANPLUS::Shell; 	    # load the shell indicated by your
					    # config -- defaults to
					    # CPANPLUS::Shell::Default

	   use CPANPLUS::Shell qw[Classic]  # load CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic;

	   my $ui      = CPANPLUS::Shell->new();
	   my $name    = $ui->which;	    # Find out what shell you loaded

	   $ui->shell;			    # run the ui shell

DESCRIPTION

       This module is the generic loading (and base class) for all "CPANPLUS" shells. Through this module you can load any installed "CPANPLUS"
       shell.

       Just about all the functionality is provided by the shell that you have loaded, and not by this class (which merely functions as a generic
       loading class), so please consult the documentation of your shell of choice.

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AUTHOR

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COPYRIGHT

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SEE ALSO

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default, CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic, cpanp

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