Re: sh <scriptname> malfunction after upgrade

["J. Bakshi" <bakshi12@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:33:17 +0000
kuLa <debian@kulisz.net> wrote:

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> On 09/11/11 11:15, J. Bakshi wrote:
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> > Hello list,
> > 
> > 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>"
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> Default shell in squeeze is dash not like in lenny where was bash.
> http://wiki.debian.org/Shell
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I see.. but should user redesign the script if use dash ?
Any compatibility, at-lease for running the existing shell script
for bash ?

Thanks