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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting ERROR: `(' is not expected. Post 302764485 by Corona688 on Thursday 31st of January 2013 02:24:02 PM
Old 01-31-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elvis
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
BASH has arrays.

Most other shells don't.

If you want this to work in shells other than your favorite, you'll want to rewrite it without arrays.

We can help with that, if you could illustrate what you're trying to do.
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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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