Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:25:32 GMT From: Anarchist <Anarchist@nixp.ru> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/127063: shell: $RANDOM doesn't works in scripts Message-ID: <200809031125.m83BPWiQ097463@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200809031130.m83BU1V9080440@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 127063 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: shell: $RANDOM doesn't works in scripts >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 03 11:30:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Anarchist >Release: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0 >Organization: nixp.ru >Environment: FreeBSD gw-1.caotus.ru 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Apr 16 10:24:30 MSD 2008 root@gw-1.caotus.ru:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GW-1_KERNEL i386 also seen on FreeBSD mx4.elpay.ru 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: # pkg_info | grep bash bash-3.2.33 The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell and # pkg_info | grep bash bash-3.2.25 The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell >How-To-Repeat: Executing "expr $RANDOM % 4" in command line does what it is to do generating random numbers from 0 to 3. When I try to put generating of random numbers in a script like: #!/usr/local/bin/bash expr $RANDOM % 4 exit 0 or #!/bin/sh expr $RANDOM % 4 exit 0 I get the syntax error: "expr: syntax error" Trying to execute both the command and the script on my Linux workstation gives normal result. >Fix: Unknown >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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