raulmill@usc.edu (Raul Deluth Rockwell) (11/15/89)
How do you tell which version of bash you are running? I'm using a version which one of the systems people here installed that has such wonderful features as '# is not a comment character'. --
tli@sargas.usc.edu (Tony Li) (11/15/89)
In article <RAULMILL.89Nov14170745@usc.edu> raulmill@usc.edu (Raul Deluth Rockwell) writes:
How do you tell which version of bash you are running?
I'm using a version which one of the systems people here installed
that has such wonderful features as '# is not a comment character'.
--
One way is to ask your systems person. In your case, it's version 1.01.
Tony
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This is a test. This is a only a test. In the event of a real life
you would have been given instructions.bfox@AUREL.CNS.CALTECH.EDU (Brian Fox) (11/15/89)
Date: 15 Nov 89 01:07:45 GMT From: raulmill@usc.edu (Raul Deluth Rockwell) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Sender: bug-bash-request@prep.ai.mit.edu How do you tell which version of bash you are running? echo $BASH_VERSION I'm using a version which one of the systems people here installed that has such wonderful features as '# is not a comment character'. This is a deliberate feature if you are talking about interactive use. If Bash doesn't ignore comments in shell scripts, then it is a bug. Brian