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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:02:37 -0700
From: Bob McGowan <rmcgowan AT veritas DOT com>
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To: Noel Yap <yap_noel AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: shell script bug
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Noel,

I just ran your script with ksh on Solaris and bash on Cygwin:

	./asdf.sh a b '1 2'

and got the same output for both.  I'm using the 1.1.2 net Cygwin and
bash 2.04.0(1)-release.

Noel Yap wrote:
> 
> I have the following script asdf.sh:
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> if [ $# = 1 ]
> then
>   for v in "$@"
>   do
>     echo $# should be 1
>     echo "$v"
>   done
> else
>   for v in "$@"
>   do
>     echo $# isn\'t be 1
>     ./asdf.sh "$v"
>   done
> fi
> 
> Under bash, the output of the script is:
> 5 isn't 1
> 5 isn't 1
> 5 isn't 1
> 5 isn't 1
> 5 isn't 1
> 
> Under sh, there is no output.
> 
> The output (verified on Solaris) should be:
> 5 isn't 1
> 1 should be 1
> a b
> 5 isn't 1
> 1 should be 1
> c d
> 5 isn't 1
> 1 should be 1
> e f
> 5 isn't 1
> 1 should be 1
> g
> 5 isn't 1
> 1 should be 1
> h
> 
> My CYGWIN is set to "export ntea" (if that matters).
> 
> Noel
> 
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