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*	From: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
*	Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:13:26 -0700
> Try this portable shell redirection instead:
> 
>   /home/peter/script IN_MODIFY /home/peter/script >/home/peter/result 2>&1

OK, thanks.  First I want to understand which shell is in effect.

> /bin/sh is dash, ...

To confirm.
peter@joule:~$ uname -a
Linux joule 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 3 04:15:24 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
peter@joule:~$ ls -l `which sh`
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Sep 19 15:04 /bin/sh -> dash

> ... executed with /bin/sh which is not bash by default.  

Understood; but why does the installer put these and no .dashrc?

peter@joule:~$ ls ~/.*ash*
/home/peter/.bash_history  /home/peter/.bash_logout  /home/peter/.bashrc

Also,
peter@joule:~$ head --lines=3 ~/.profile
# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login

Superficially at least, a confusing arrangement!

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