Hi
The "-n" option not seem to work. Example with a little stupid nonsense
script:
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ro...@ronny-desktop:/tmp$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/sh
if [ $blah == "test"]
then
echo "teste mich!"
fi
ro...@ronny-desktop:/tmp$ sh -n test.sh
ro...@ronny-desktop:/tmp$ sh test.sh
[: 5: missing ]
ro...@ronny-desktop:/tmp$
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The missing whitespace was my most frequent error when I started writing
shell scripts because I come from whitespace agnostic programming
languages.
Another strange thing: The man page of bash does only implicitly mention
the "-n" option in the description of the "-D" option: "This implies the
-n option; no commands will be executed."
All in all it looks like the "-n" option is poorly documented and
implementation is incomplete.
Regards
Ronny Standtke
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Ronny Standtke Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Dozent Medienpädagogik / ICT Pädagogische Hochschule
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