On Mon, 7 Feb 2011, Sven-Göran Bergh wrote:
[snip]
> - arrays, does not exists in ash
But you can generate array lookalike stuf like this:
for i in $(seq 0 9); do
eval foo_$i=$i
done
for i in $(seq 0 9); do
eval bar=\$foo_$i
echo foo_$i=$bar
done
> - pushd & popd, not in ash
But you can do simple:
cd /foo
cd -
> - for (( expr1; expr2; expr3 ))..., not in ash
But a 'while' loop is often a good replacement.
> - parameter expansion, some more in bash than in ash
Yes. But there are ways to get around that too.
> These are no big obsticles. Once you know about them it is easy to use
> alternative solutions.
Right.
> What I miss most in ash is probably arrays.
See above.
Cheers,
--
Cristian
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