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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD cmd line editor / text editor recommends?
Date: 20 Jun 1996 05:29:04 +0100
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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Peter Mutsaers (plm@xs4all.nl) wrote:
: zsh is ideal. First of all it is 100% bourne shell compatible (a must
: for me, I don't want to learn/remember two styles of shell), it is
: also 100% ksh compatible (unlike bash).
I assert that you are wrong.
answer=
echo ksh | read answer
test -n "$answer" && { echo $answer; exit; }
answer=notbash
answer=\${answer#not}
answer=`(eval echo $answer) 2>/dev/null`
test -z "$answer" && echo sh || echo bash
This script only tests for ksh, sh and bash. If zsh is both bourne
and ksh compatible, what does this script say when run ?
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....