Bash scripting -- Usage of arrays

[Jayesh Jayan]

Hi Marco,

Yes you are correct. It is as you have given :)

Thank you.


On 11/30/05, Marco Gigante <marcogi.lists at email.it> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 02:39:15AM +0530, Jayesh Jayan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Today I was trying to script using arrays in FreeBSD 5.4 but it doesn't
> > work.
> >
> > Below is a sample script which I used.
> >
> > ******************************************************
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > array=( zero one two three four);
> > echo "Elements in array0:  ${array[@]}"
> >
> > ******************************************************
> >
> > It works fine on RedHat server.
> >
> > Below is the output.
> >
> > # sh array.sh
> > Elements in array0:  zero one two three four
> >
> > Below is the out put from the FreeBSD server using the same code.
> >
> > -bash-2.05b# sh aa.sh
> > aa.sh: 3: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
>
> You should use: bash array.sh
> On FreeBSD sh != bash
>
> $ ls -l `which sh`
> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  763316 Sep  3 08:37 /bin/sh
> $ ls -l `which bash`
> -rwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  471136 Jun 12 01:13 /usr/local/bin/bash
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Marco Gigante
>



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