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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting ERROR: `(' is not expected. Post 302764469 by Elvis on Thursday 31st of January 2013 02:03:25 PM
Old 01-31-2013
ERROR: `(' is not expected.

Hi All,

I have written a shell script which works all right on bash shell, but when it comes to execute it using ksh on AIX it gives the following error:Smilie

Code:
    bash$ /bin/ksh getShortInfo.sh 
    getShortInfo.sh[10]: syntax error at line 26 : `(' unexpected

Could you please indicate what is wrong? In addition, if you could indicate how can I make it portable on bash/ksh/csh would be really appreciated.

Please you can find below the guilty part of the script:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

COMMANDS=""
file_name='systemInfo.txt'
OS_TYPE=`uname`


getCommandsSpecificOS(){
    AIX_COMMANDS[0]="hostname"

    SunOS_COMMANDS[1]="uname -a"
    SunOS_COMMANDS[2]="ulimit -a"

    Linux_COMMANDS[0]="hostname"
    Linux_COMMANDS[3]="cat /proc/cpuinfo"
    Linux_COMMANDS[4]="cat /proc/meminfo"

    if   [ $1 = "AIX" ]; then 
        COMMANDS=("${AIX_COMMANDS[@]}")
    elif [ $1 = "SunOS" ]; then 
        COMMANDS=("${SunOS_COMMANDS[@]}")
    elif [ $1 = "Linux" ]; then 
        COMMANDS=("${Linux_COMMANDS[@]}")

    fi
}

###################################################################################################

getCommandsSpecificOS $OS_TYPE




Thanks in advance indeed,
Regards,
Elvis


Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-05-2013 at 10:07 AM.. Reason: code tags
 

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NAME
surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files SYNOPSIS
surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help] [-shell=SHELL] DESCRIPTION
surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your PATH in your shell's config file. Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es Don't forget to login again or source your login files for it to take effect. OPTIONS
-check Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present. This is the default. -add Adds the surfraw config code. -remove Removes the surfraw config code -sys Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user. Must be done as root. -shell=SHELL Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL environment variable. Currently supported shells are: sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es. -all Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells -help Gives a usage message RETURN VALUE
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