Re: bash question ...
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:54:37 +0900 "Richard G. Roberto"
(richr@Bear.COM) wrote:
> I have some scripts that run fine under bourne-shell on solaris,
> but break under bash on debian. The signal trapping doesn't seem
> to work. Nor does executing multiple commands on a single line
> separated by ";" characters. Even on the command line:
>
> bash$ xplaycd & ; xmixer &
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
In bash, as in sh, a & is a command delimiter as well as ; .
Drop of the trailing ; and everything should work.
Phil.
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