Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 11:03:05 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>, "<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: check variable content size in sh script Message-ID: <13eb861326a.27b7.0b331fcf0b21179f1640bd439e3f4a1e@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <5197A526.7020302@sneakertech.com> References: <5194F65F.6080503@a1poweruser.com> <5194FB0A.9090400@tundraware.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F4D41F@ltcfiswmsgmb26> <5197998E.6050200@sneakertech.com> <51979A8B.8080703@tundraware.com> <5197A526.7020302@sneakertech.com>
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#foo works with sh
On May 18, 2013 10:58:30 AM Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> wrote:
>
> >> newfoo=${foo:0:51}
> >>
> >
> > That works for bash, not sh.
>
> Ok granted, but I don't think that ${#foo} is straight sh either, so I
> assumed "things bash/tcsh/ksh/whatever accept when running in sh emulation"
> were ok.
>
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