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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting ksh String Manipulation - removing variables from within a variable Post 303029977 by MadeInGermany on Monday 4th of February 2019 04:29:58 AM
Old 02-04-2019
@RudiC, that seems to only work in an interactive shell.?
 

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KAS_QUIT(8)						       AFS Command Reference						       KAS_QUIT(8)

NAME
kas_quit - Leaves interactive mode SYNOPSIS
quit [-help] q [-h] DESCRIPTION
The kas quit command ends interactive mode, severing the authenticated connection to one or more Authentication Server processes and returning the issuer to the normal shell prompt. This command is operative only during interactive mode, so omit the kas command suite name from the command line. OPTIONS
-help Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. EXAMPLES
The following example demonstrates how the normal command shell prompt returns when the issuer leaves interactive mode. ka> quit % PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None, and no password is required. SEE ALSO
kas(8), kas_interactive(8) COPYRIGHT
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