Hi, Neil.
On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:43:53 +0100, you wrote: > > How do you know that the contents of the script are not relevant > > when you > don't know what the problem is? It is also useful to know the exact Mathematics (mother of computers) answers: 1+1=2. -- Meaning: same script w/ the same bash gets same execution. > version of bash in use on each system. There are subtle differences, > and bugs, between bash versions. Your script may be tripping up on > one of these. Alright. Here is an example of the problematic line from the point of view of "Gentoo's" bash: read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device Until i remove the brackets, "Gentoo's" bash keeps error messaging. Thank you for your time, Sthu.
