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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting My code worked on a Mac, now it does not work in another computer Post 302862897 by Natalie on Friday 11th of October 2013 03:30:30 PM

10-11-2013

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gacanepa

At the top of you script, include this line (right beneath the shebang line):

Code:

set -x

That turns debug mode on. When you run your script from the command line, it will execute step by step and stop where it finds an error. That will give you a clue as to what's wrong.
Do not hesitate to get back to us with the error that you find.

+ [ -f /Users/Natalie/lastserial ]
+ sort /Users/Natalie/lastserial
+ tail -1
+ n=2013101001
makedns: 10: makedns: Bad substitution

---------- Post updated at 03:30 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:29 PM ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scrutinizer

What OS is the other computer?
How do you call/execute the script?

Its windows....I use sh

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