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# 8  
Old 02-28-2012
I get 5 columns... Smilie

Code:
============================
      Menu Rotation
============================
1) Rotation 1    3) Rotation 3   5) Rotation 5   7) Rotation 7   9) Back
2) Rotation 2    4) Rotation 4   6) Rotation 6   8) Rotation 8  10) Quit
Votre choix 1

# 9  
Old 02-28-2012
Smilie

So you see my dilema Smilie
# 10  
Old 02-28-2012
FWIW, works fine on Solaris:
Code:
============================
      Menu Rotation
============================
 1) Rotation 1
 2) Rotation 2
 3) Rotation 3
 4) Rotation 4
 5) Rotation 5
 6) Rotation 6
 7) Rotation 7
 8) Rotation 8
 9) Back
10) Quit
Votre choix

# 11  
Old 02-28-2012
According to David Korn:
Quote:
pdksh is a public domain version of a UNIX shell that is
unrelated to ksh. It supports most of the 1988
KornShell language features and some of the 1993 features.
Some KornShell scripts will not run with pdksh.
KSH-93 - Frequently Asked Questions #Q17

I would install a genuine ksh93 package and try again...
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-28-2012 at 01:09 PM..
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# 12  
Old 02-28-2012
Ok indeed I just tested this @ home on a different KSH version and it's working fine.

Oh well, I don't think upgrading this at the office won't be easy.

Thanks a lot for the troubleshooting tho, got the answer i was looking for Smilie
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