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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Help understanding what this ls -l command is checking in a script Post 303039854 by Corona688 on Wednesday 16th of October 2019 11:20:14 AM
Old 10-16-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
In a standard shell the status variable is $?
In csh it is $status.
bash is a standard shell, and also has $status as a synonym for $?
Code:
tyler@gentoo ~ $ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
tyler@gentoo ~ $ echo $status

tyler@gentoo ~ $ echo $?
0
tyler@gentoo ~ $

 

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PSPAX(1)						    Documentation for pax-utils 						  PSPAX(1)

NAME
pspax - list ELF/PaX information about running processes SYNOPSIS
pspax [options] ELFs DESCRIPTION
pspax is a user-space utility that scans the proc directory and list ELF types, as well as their respective PaX flags and filenames and attributes. Depending on build options, it may additionaly display the process running set of capabilities. OPTIONS
-a, --all Show all processes -h, --header Print GNU_STACK/PT_LOAD markings -i, --ipaddr Print ipaddr info if supported -p, --pid PID Only process specified process id -u, --user UID Process user/uid # -g, --group GID Process group/gid # -n, --nx Only display w^x processes -w, --wx Only display w|x processes -v, --verbose Be verbose (can be used more than once) -B, --nobanner Don't display the header -h, --help Show condensed usage and exit -V, --version Print version and exit HOMEPAGE
http://hardened.gentoo.org/pax-utils.xml REPORTING BUGS
Please include as much information as possible (using any available debugging options) and send bug reports to the maintainers (see the AUTHORS section). Please use the Gentoo bugzilla at http://bugs.gentoo.org/ if possible. SEE ALSO
chpax(1), dumpelf(1), paxctl(1), pspax(1), readelf(1), scanelf(1) AUTHORS
Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org> Maintainer Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Maintainer Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> Mach-O Maintainer NOTES
1. http://hardened.gentoo.org/pax-utils.xml 2. http://bugs.gentoo.org/ pax-utils 0.2.3 03/03/2011 PSPAX(1)
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