On Fri 1999-03-19 (17:04), Scott Schwartz wrote:
> Joel Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | > You need a ";" before the "}".
> |
> | Huh?
>
> Yes. That's how the Bourne shell works.
>
> | [root@hades ~]# /bin/sh -c '{ echo foo; echo bar }'
> | foo
> | bar
> |
> | No trailing ; needed..?
>
> That's a nonstandard feature of whatever shell you've got installed as
> /bin/sh.
Most likely a Linux system where sh is really bash.
[keith@dagobah gaa]$ which sh
/bin/sh
[keith@dagobah gaa]$ ls -al /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 27 20:35 /bin/sh -> bash
[keith@dagobah gaa]$
But even the bash appears to be non-standard though since bash on FreeBSD
doesn't like the syntax either.
Oh well. Better to stick to the standard.
-- Keith
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