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From: venta@otello.sublink.org (Paolo Ventafridda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,sublink.lang.shell
Subject: Bourne Shell bug? Have a look..
Message-ID: <1174@otello.sublink.org>
Date: 15 Jan 91 18:06:13 GMT
Organization: Consorzio Telematix, Milano - Italy
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Please have a look at this small program written in standard
Bourne shell:

:
set "one two three 4"
if [ "`echo $@ | grep '4'" != "" ]; then 
	echo "Four"
fi


Now, notice that a      `    is missing in the "if" above!
It works without any problems all the same: on Xenix, SCO Unix,
3B2, HP-UX and i guess on any bourne shell whose sources are
coming from at&t.
It seems that only BASH gets the error.

Ciao, Paolo
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