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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > ****************************************************** > > 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 ")") > > Please guide me on how to use arrays on freebsd too.
Bash (installed via ports) is in /usr/local/bin. Change the first line to be #!/usr/local/bin/bash and chmod 750 (at least) the script. This way you can just ./aa.sh and be done. If you prefer to run it as you have shown above don't run sh aa.sh, instead do bash aa.sh, assuming bash is in your path. sh aa.sh will try and run the script through sh (which is not bash). [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > ls -la foo.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 wxs wxs 97 Nov 29 16:26 foo.sh* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > cat foo.sh #!/usr/local/bin/bash array=( zero one two three four); echo "Elements in array0: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > bash ./foo.sh Elements in array0: zero one two three four [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > ./foo.sh Elements in array0: zero one two three four [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > sh ./foo.sh ./foo.sh: 3: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > -- WXS _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
