Hi > > the following shell script does not work at least with ash-20031007-1 > > although I don't see any reason why this should not be a valid > syntax. If > > you use > > The reason is, '~' is an extension to the bourne shell syntax, first > defined in csh or tcsh, AFAIK. ash is a pure bourne shell with next > to no extensions. Using '~' in a shell script is non-portable. > Thanks, there is always something new to learn :-)
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