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 ")")
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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
