On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:41:00PM CET, "J. Bakshi" <baksh...@gmail.com> said: > On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:33:17 +0000 > kuLa <deb...@kulisz.net> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 09/11/11 11:15, J. Bakshi wrote: > > > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > I have upgraded a very old lenny server to squeeze. > > > The shell scripts are now malfunctioning; specially the > > > loop statement. Moreover "sh -x <script>" are malfunctioning > > > but :bash -x <script>" are running fine. what actually I am missing > > > here ? I have tried both with #!/bin/bash and #!/bin/sh but the same > > > problem with "sh -x <script>" > > > > Default shell in squeeze is dash not like in lenny where was bash. > > http://wiki.debian.org/Shell > > > > I see.. but should user redesign the script if use dash ? > Any compatibility, at-lease for running the existing shell script > for bash ? > > Thanks
If your scruipt uses bash feature, explicitely use bash to start it : the shebang is not used when you say sh -x script -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111109115718.gp22...@rail.eu.org
