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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script works but doesn't? Post 302530698 by 82280zx on Tuesday 14th of June 2011 09:04:04 PM
Old 06-14-2011
Script works but doesn't?
Hi everyone I'm new here so and I'm just starting to learn a bit of Solaris and I'm working on repairing 10 year old scripts for our system here at work.

When I execute the commands at my prompt everything go's through smooth. I'm using gedit to edit my code because I'm still getting used to the vi editor. I copy the script from my .sh file and paste it into my xterm and it will paste half the script so I go and get the rest of my script then paste it in there was well. Then it gets to my if statements and works great and everything does what its supposed to but if I try to run the entire script by itself without me manually doing it I get a

if: Expression syntax

I'm a little confused wondering why it runs manually but not all in my script? Is there a limit to how big a script can be? This one is has 121 lines.

Any help would be much appreciated.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
       when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a    Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.

NOTES

       script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

WARNINGS

       script  can  pose  a  security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
       privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.

SunOS 5.11							    30 Jan 2004 							 script(1)
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