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Date:      Sun, 05 Jun 2016 13:40:42 -0400
From:      Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
To:        Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sh[it] and What am I missing here?
Message-ID:  <5754641A.8010508@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4daed7a2-9a0b-15d9-0bb2-31227f8fcddd@columbus.rr.com>
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Baho Utot wrote:
> On 06/05/16 12:31, David Christensen wrote:
>> On 06/05/2016 08:38 AM, Baho Utot wrote:
>> ...
>>> root@baho-utot:~ # set
>> ...
>>> shell   /bin/csh
>> ...
>>> tcsh    6.18.01
>> ...
>>> OK tcsh as I thought
>> ...
>>> OK switch shells
>>>
>>> root@baho-utot:~ # /bin/sh
>>> # set
>> ...
>>> Why is the SHELL variable still set to /bin/csh
>> ...
>>
>> Because you are invoking a program (/bin/sh) and that program did not 
>> modify the SHELL environment variable.
>>
>>
>> On 06/05/2016 09:15 AM, jd1008 wrote:
>> > Do I understand correctly that you want bash to be your shell?
>> > If so, you can run (as root), the command
>> > chsh <username>
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Take a look at:
>>
>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-users/shells.html
>>
>>
>> David
> 
> I understood that, But I do not want to change the default shell.
> I only want to create a script ( sh script ) and run if from a clean 
> machine with just base install nothing else and then run my sh script to 
> build some ports.  That's were the trouble lies.  ie functions not 
> returning status for example:
> 
> test.sh
> chmod +x test.sh
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> func() {
>     echo "Yep it's me"
>     return 1
> }
> 
> if [ func ] ; then                 # if [ 1 = func ] or if [ 1 -eq func 
> ] doesn't work either
>     echo "This works"
> fi
> 
> ./test.sh
> 
> [: func: unexpected operator

I think your problem is where you are placing your script.
You have to place your script in a path that is auto searched for 
executable scripts.

Place your script in /usr/local/bin on your development pc and on the 
new installed os pc. Then just entering the script on the console 
command line will cause it to execute.  BY the way your script doesn't 
need to be suffixed with .sh to work.






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