[NTLUG:Discuss] KSH scripting challenge

[Rusty Haddock]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
    >...
    >The -x option doesn't output comments (at least not ones beginning with 
    >a #).

Are there any other ways to comment in 'ksh'?  :-)

    >An example of what I really want the output to look like is -
    >
    >	Step 1
    >	+ grep -v ^# inittab | grep initde
    >	id:5:initdefault:
    >	+ grep ca: inittab
    >	ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r -t 4 now
    >
    >and so on.

How 'bout using 'set -x' inside your script and just calling it
with "ksh demo"???

	echo "Step 1"
	set -x
	grep -v ^# inittab | grep initde
	grep ca: inittab
	set +x ; echo "Step Too" ; set -x
	grep ^rusty /etc/passwd

Oh, and to replace those leading '+'s, try using something like:

	PS4="# "

My version of 'ksh' is "Version JM 93t+ 2008-12-10" from Fedora 10 so
your mileage may vary. Using the above script I get the output of:

	[1136] -=> ksh foo
	Step One
	# grep -v ^# inittab
	# grep initde
	id:5:initdefault:
	# grep :ca inittab
	Step Too
	# grep ^rusty /etc/passwd
	rusty:x:500:500:Rusty Haddock:/home/rusty:/bin/ksh

This version of 'ksh' splits pipelined commands.

Maybe this has helped.  My $0.02.... FWIW nowadays. :-)

	-Rusty-

P.S.  Yes, I know how to spell 'two'.
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