Questions tagged [dash-shell]
For questions about the dash shell. Dash is a lightweight shell for Unix operating systems.
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sh source can't find files
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 installation. I seem unable to source files with sh, which is Ubuntu's default dash.
I have a file, lets say build.env, with some environment variables in it like this:
build....
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Trap on DEBUG signal for the dash shell?
With the bash shell, you can install a trap on the synthetic DEBUG signal. This is useful and will execute your function or bit of code on every shell command. For example:
$ trap 'logger -t shell "${...
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Debian - bash is default shell, but "man sh" gives dash
On Debian squeeze. Running ps -p $$ shows bash is my current shell, ls -l $(which sh) shows sh is a symlink to bash. So why, when I run man sh, do I get the man page for dash? Is this just a bug in ...
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Dash acting up for unknown reason
I restarted my kubuntu machine - from the menu leave->restart if that matters. Normally my terminal windows are brought up automatically after a reboot but this time my prompt was wrong and a ...
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