Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-11 Thread Rob S. Wolfram
David Stern wrote: [snip] You should use '#!/bin/bash' really, because now sh is just a link to bash, but you are not guaranteed that in a future version it will be another shell, or that bash _will_ act more (dumb) Bourne like in the future when called as 'sh' (I for one would appreciate

Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-10 Thread Rob S. Wolfram
David Stern wrote: I know this isn't a bash shell script news group, but the fact is I can't find one. Since bash is the default linux shell, I was hoping news://comp.unix.shell someone could answer a few pretty simple questions. 1.) How do I insert a newline character in a

Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-10 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 09 Jan 1998 23:01:54 +0100, Rob S. Wolfram wrote: David Stern wrote: [..] news://comp.unix.shell I know now. 1.) How do I insert a newline character in a double-quoted string? If you mean when using bash's built-in echo command, use echo -e Test\nMoreText I'll use that in the

Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-08 Thread David Stern
On Wed, 07 Jan 1998 21:27:01 +1030, John Spence wrote: I know this isn't a bash shell script news group, but the fact is I can't find one. Since bash is the default linux shell, I was hoping someone could answer a few pretty simple questions. Hi David. Try this link for an intro to

bash shell script questions

1998-01-07 Thread David Stern
Hi, I know this isn't a bash shell script news group, but the fact is I can't find one. Since bash is the default linux shell, I was hoping someone could answer a few pretty simple questions. 1.) How do I insert a newline character in a double-quoted string? 2.) What is a good method to

Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-07 Thread John Spence
I know this isn't a bash shell script news group, but the fact is I can't find one. Since bash is the default linux shell, I was hoping someone could answer a few pretty simple questions. Hi David. Try this link for an intro to Bourne shell scripts.

Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-07 Thread bhmit1
On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, David Stern wrote: Hi, I know this isn't a bash shell script news group, but the fact is I can't find one. Since bash is the default linux shell, I was hoping someone could answer a few pretty simple questions. 1.) How do I insert a newline character in a