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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting AIX UNIX (kshell) to Linux Shell Script Migration. Post 302906492 by bakunin on Friday 20th of June 2014 04:21:09 AM
Old 06-20-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kibou
Code:
cont=1
if [ cont -eq 1 ]
then
  echo "It works"
fi


I first tried it on my NIM-Server, which happens to be also my script development system. Its version is basically 7.1 SP2. The first try is with the system shell (which is a ksh88), the second with the ksh93:

Code:
# lslpp -l bos.rte
  Fileset                      Level  State      Description         
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Path: /usr/lib/objrepos
  bos.rte                   7.1.2.15  COMMITTED  Base Operating System Runtime

Path: /etc/objrepos
  bos.rte                   7.1.2.15  COMMITTED  Base Operating System Runtime
# instfix -i | grep ML
    All filesets for 7.1.0.0_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 7100-00_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 7100-01_AIX_ML were found.
    All filesets for 7100-02_AIX_ML were found.

# Version M-11/16/88f
# cont=1
# if [ cont -eq 1 ]
>then
>  echo "It works"
>fi
It works

# ksh93
# print - ${.sh.version}
Version M 93t+ 2009-05-01
# if [ cont -eq 1 ]
>then
>  echo "It works"
>fi
It works

To be honest, i'm dumbfounded. I would have never expected that to run. Btw., this only works with integers, not with strings:

Code:
foo="abc"
if [ foo == abc ] ; then
     print - "It works"
fi

will work as expected - which is: not work at all.

I got adventurous and tried to make the datatype more "stringy" and less "integerly":

Code:
typeset -RZ3 foo=1
# typeset -RZ3 foo="01"

print - $foo
if [ foo -eq 1 ] ; then
     print - "It works"
fi

both of which works too - "foo" gets expanded.

The next thing i wondered was: is this specific to the AIX-ksh? In fact it is not. My colleague from the Linux-team tried it on a couple of our SLES11-servers and the ksh93 there worked the same. As it seems this is no specific feature of the AIX-shell but a common treat of the Korn shell.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Last edited by bakunin; 06-20-2014 at 05:45 AM.. Reason: typo
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