Hi Wesley, Thank you.
I understood it completely. The explanation was great. Thank you once again. On 11/30/05, Wesley Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: [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 > -- Jayesh Jayan "The box said "Requires Windows 95, NT, or better", so I installed Linux." Visit my homepage @ http://www.jayeshjayan.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"