Re: SPAM: [SLE] Can't run this script

On 10/16/06, Dave Howorth <dhoworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Duff Mckagan wrote:
> I am learning Shell Programming ..but the book I have is "Unix Shell
> Programming" and I know there are gonna be some differences, but in this
> case, Error Redirection is not working as wanted...
>
> Here's the script.
>
> i=a
> echo `i` 2>> err
>
> Can somebody point out the error? ..if there's any ..lol
>
>
> Also, I want to install "ksh" on SuSE.

If the reason you want ksh is because your book uses it, I'd recommend
that you go and buy a book based on bash instead. bash is much more
widely used on Linux, so it's more useful to learn that, IMHO.

Cheers, Dave

No thats not the point...

The book is about 'Unix Shell Programming - Bourne, C and Korn Shells'

But most of the commands related to Bourne should work on Bash.(not sure
though).

Also, they said that the Korn shell is their personal choice..and they
believe its the best of all the three...I guess the book is a bit old..They
never mentioned the Bash Shell...(cuz its wasn't Borne again :P - Bash -
Bourne Again Shell...

Its old..but yeah..its helping..:)



Can anybody suggest any good author Books for Bash Scripting?

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