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Re: sh <scriptname> malfunction after upgrade



J. Bakshi:
> 
> I have upgraded a very old lenny server to squeeze.
> The shell scripts are now malfunctioning; specially the
> loop statement. Moreover "sh -x <script>" are malfunctioning
> but :bash -x <script>" are running fine. what actually I am missing
> here ? I have tried both with #!/bin/bash and #!/bin/sh but the same
> problem with "sh -x <script>"

/bin/sh points to dash nowadays. You need to either run "bash -x
<script>" or use "set -x" in the script.

J.
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