08-03-2005
The question still needs to be answered as to what shell you are using. The method you used to compute string length is correct for KSH.
What happens if /usr/bin/ksh is not present? It doesn't seem likely that it is since he stated that his remaining scripts do work. When I run sh on my system, I get the same error so it does appear that his default shell is sh and it does not support ${#var}.
Last edited by tmarikle; 08-03-2005 at 02:46 PM..
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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