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<H3><A NAME="NAME">NAME </A></H3>
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<H3><A NAME="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><STRONG>sh </STRONG>[ <STRONG>±abcefhikmnoprstuvxCD </STRONG>] [ <STRONG>-R </STRONG>file ] [ <STRONG>±o </STRONG>option ] . . .
[ <STRONG>- </STRONG>] [ arg . . .
] <STRONG><BR>
rsh </STRONG>[ <STRONG>±abcefhikmnoprstuvxCD </STRONG>] [ <STRONG>-R </STRONG>file ] [ <STRONG>±o </STRONG>option ] . . .
[ <STRONG>- </STRONG>] [ arg . . .
] <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>
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<H3><A NAME="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><EM>Sh </EM>is a command and programming language that executes commands read from
a terminal or a file.
<EM>Rsh </EM>is a restricted version of the standard command interpreter <EM>sh</EM>; it
is used to set up login names and execution environments whose capabilities
are more controlled than those of the standard shell.
See <EM>Invocation </EM>below for the meaning of arguments to the shell.
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<H3><A NAME="Definitions">Definitions.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>A <EM>metacharacter </EM>is one of the following characters: <DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
; & ( ) | < > new-line space tab</STRONG> </DL>
<P>
A <EM>blank </EM>is a <STRONG>tab </STRONG>or a <STRONG>space</STRONG>.
An <EM>identifier </EM>is a sequence of letters, digits, or underscores starting
with a letter or underscore.
Identifiers are used as components of <EM>variable </EM>names.
A <EM>vname </EM>is a sequence of one or more identifiers separated by a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG> and optionally
preceded by a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG>.
Vnames are used as function and variable names.
A <EM>word </EM>is a sequence of <EM>characters </EM>from the character set defined by the
current locale, excluding non-quoted <EM>metacharacters</EM>.
<P>
A <EM>command </EM>is a sequence of characters in the syntax of the shell language.
The shell reads each command and carries out the desired action either
directly or by invoking separate utilities.
A built-in command is a command that is carried out by the shell itself
without creating a separate process.
Some commands are built-in purely for convenience and are not documented
here.
Built-ins that cause side effects in the shell environment and built-ins
that are found before performing a path search (see <A HREF="#Execution"><EM>Execution </EM></A>below) are
documented here.
For historical reasons, some of these built-ins behave differently than
other built-ins and are called <EM>special built-ins</EM>.
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<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Commands">Commands.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>A <EM>simple-command </EM>is a list of variable assignments (see <A HREF="#Variable Assignments"><EM>Variable Assignments
</EM></A>below) or a sequence of <EM>blank </EM>separated words which may be preceded by
a list of variable assignments (see <A HREF="#Environment"><EM>Environment </EM></A>below).
The first word specifies the name of the command to be executed.
Except as specified below, the remaining words are passed as arguments
to the invoked command.
The command name is passed as argument 0 (see <A HREF="exec(2)"><EM>exec</EM>(2)</A>).
The <EM>value </EM>of a simple-command is its exit status; 0-255 if it terminates
normally; 256+<EM>signum </EM> if it terminates abnormally (the name of the signal
corresponding to the exit status can be obtained via the <STRONG>-l </STRONG>option of the
<STRONG>kill </STRONG>built-in utility).
<P>
A <EM>pipeline </EM>is a sequence of one or more <EM>commands </EM>separated by <STRONG>|</STRONG>.
The standard output of each command but the last is connected by a <EM>pipe</EM>(2)
to the standard input of the next command.
Each command, except possibly the last, is run as a separate process; the
shell waits for the last command to terminate.
The exit status of a pipeline is the exit status of the last command.
Each pipeline can be preceded by the <EM>reserved word </EM><STRONG>! </STRONG>which causes the exit
status of the pipeline to become 0 if the exit status of the last command
is non-zero, and 1 if the exit status of the last command is 0.
<P>
A <EM>list </EM>is a sequence of one or more pipelines separated by <STRONG>;</STRONG>, <STRONG>&</STRONG>, <STRONG>|&</STRONG>, <STRONG>&&</STRONG>,
or <STRONG>| |</STRONG>, and optionally terminated by <STRONG>;</STRONG>, <STRONG>&</STRONG>, or <STRONG>|&</STRONG>.
Of these five symbols, <STRONG>;</STRONG>, <STRONG>&</STRONG>, and <STRONG>|& </STRONG>have equal precedence, which is lower
than that of <STRONG>&& </STRONG>and <STRONG>| |</STRONG>.
The symbols <STRONG>&& </STRONG>and <STRONG>| | </STRONG>also have equal precedence.
A semicolon (<STRONG>;</STRONG>) causes sequential execution of the preceding pipeline;
an ampersand (<STRONG>&</STRONG>) causes asynchronous execution of the preceding pipeline
The symbol <STRONG>|& </STRONG>causes asynchronous execution of the preceding pipeline with
a two-way pipe established to the parent shell; the standard input and
output of the spawned pipeline can be written to and read from by the parent
shell by applying the redirection operators <STRONG><& </STRONG>and <STRONG>>& </STRONG>with arg <STRONG>p </STRONG>to commands
and by using <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option of the built-in commands <STRONG>read </STRONG>and <STRONG>print </STRONG>described
later.
The symbol <STRONG>&& </STRONG>( <STRONG>| |</STRONG> ) causes the <EM>list </EM>following it to be executed only
if the preceding pipeline returns a zero (non-zero) value.
One or more new-lines may appear in a <EM>list </EM>instead of a semicolon, to delimit
a command.
<P>
A <EM>command </EM>is either a simple-command or one of the following.
Unless otherwise stated, the value returned by a command is that of the
last simple-command executed in the command.
<DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
<DT>
for</STRONG> <EM>vname </EM> [ <STRONG>in</STRONG> <EM>word </EM> . . .
] <STRONG>;do</STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>;done</STRONG>
<DD>Each time a <STRONG>for </STRONG>command is executed, <EM>vname </EM>is set to the next <EM>word </EM>taken
from the <STRONG>in </STRONG><EM>word </EM>list.
If <STRONG>in</STRONG><EM> word </EM>. . .
is omitted, then the <STRONG>for </STRONG>command executes the <STRONG>do</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> once for each positional
parameter that is set starting from <STRONG>1 </STRONG>(see <A HREF="#Parameter Expansion"><EM>Parameter Expansion </EM></A>below).
Execution ends when there are no more words in the list.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
for ((</STRONG> [ <EM>expr1 </EM> ] <STRONG>;</STRONG> [ <EM>expr2 </EM> ] <STRONG>;</STRONG> [ <EM>expr3 </EM> ] <STRONG>))</STRONG><STRONG>;do</STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>;done</STRONG>
<DD>The arithmetic expression <EM>expr1 </EM>is evaluated first (see <A HREF="#Arithmetic Evaluation"><EM>Arithmetic Evaluation
</EM></A>below).
The arithmetic expression <EM>expr2 </EM>is repeatedly evaluated until it evaluates
to zero and when non-zero, <EM>list </EM>is executed and the arithmetic expression
<EM>expr3 </EM>evaluated.
If any expression is omitted, then it behaves as if it evaluated to 1.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
select</STRONG> <EM>vname </EM> [ <STRONG>in</STRONG> <EM>word </EM> . . .
] <STRONG>;do</STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>;done</STRONG>
<DD>A <STRONG>select </STRONG>command prints on standard error (file descriptor 2) the set of
<EM>word</EM>s, each preceded by a number.
If <STRONG>in</STRONG><EM> word </EM>. . .
is omitted, then the positional parameters starting from <STRONG>1 </STRONG>are used instead
(see <A HREF="#Parameter Expansion"><EM>Parameter Expansion </EM></A>below).
The <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS3 </STRONG></FONT>prompt is printed and a line is read from the standard input.
If this line consists of the number of one of the listed <EM>word</EM>s, then the
value of the variable <EM>vname </EM>is set to the <EM>word </EM>corresponding to this number.
If this line is empty, the selection list is printed again.
Otherwise the value of the variable <EM>vname </EM>is set to <EM>null</EM>.
The contents of the line read from standard input is saved in the variable
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>REPLY</STRONG>.
</FONT>The <EM>list </EM>is executed for each selection until a <STRONG>break </STRONG>or <EM>end-of-file </EM>is
encountered.
If the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>REPLY </STRONG></FONT>variable is set to <EM>null </EM>by the execution of <EM>list</EM>, then the
selection list is printed before displaying the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS3 </STRONG></FONT>prompt for the next
selection.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
case</STRONG> <EM>word </EM> <STRONG>in</STRONG> [ [ <STRONG>(</STRONG> ]<EM>pattern </EM> [ | <EM>pattern </EM> ]. . .<STRONG>)</STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>;;</STRONG> ]. . .<STRONG>esac</STRONG>
<DD>A <STRONG>case </STRONG>command executes the <EM>list </EM>associated with the first <EM>pattern </EM>that
matches <EM>word</EM>.
The form of the patterns is the same as that used for file-name generation
(see <A HREF="#File Name Generation"><EM>File Name Generation </EM></A>below).
The <STRONG>;; </STRONG>operator causes execution of <STRONG>case </STRONG>to terminate.
If <STRONG>;& </STRONG>is used in place of <STRONG>;; </STRONG>the next subsequent list, if any, is executed.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
if</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;then</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> [ <STRONG>elif</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;then</STRONG><EM>list </EM> ]. . .[ <STRONG>;else</STRONG><EM>list </EM> ]<STRONG>;fi</STRONG>
<DD>The <EM>list </EM>following <STRONG>if</STRONG> is executed and, if it returns a zero exit status,
the <EM>list </EM>following the first <STRONG>then </STRONG>is executed.
Otherwise, the <EM>list </EM>following <STRONG>elif</STRONG> is executed and, if its value is zero,
the <EM>list </EM>following the next <STRONG>then </STRONG>is executed.
Failing each successive <STRONG>elif </STRONG><EM>list </EM>, the <STRONG>else </STRONG><EM>list </EM>is executed.
If the <STRONG>if </STRONG><EM>list </EM>has non-zero exit status and there is no <STRONG>else </STRONG><EM>list</EM>, then
the <STRONG>if </STRONG>command returns a zero exit status.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
while</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;do</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;done</STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
until</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;do</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;done</STRONG>
<DD>A <STRONG>while </STRONG>command repeatedly executes the <STRONG>while </STRONG><EM>list </EM>and, if the exit status
of the last command in the list is zero, executes the <STRONG>do </STRONG><EM>list</EM>; otherwise
the loop terminates.
If no commands in the <STRONG>do </STRONG><EM>list </EM>are executed, then the <STRONG>while </STRONG>command returns
a zero exit status; <STRONG>until </STRONG>may be used in place of <STRONG>while </STRONG>to negate the loop
termination test.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
((</STRONG><EM>expression </EM><STRONG>))</STRONG>
<DD>The <EM>expression </EM>is evaluated using the rules for arithmetic evaluation described
below.
If the value of the arithmetic expression is non-zero, the exit status
is 0, otherwise the exit status is 1.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
(</STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>Execute <EM>list </EM>in a separate environment.
Note, that if two adjacent open parentheses are needed for nesting, a space
must be inserted to avoid evaluation as an arithmetic command as described
above.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
{ </STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>;}</STRONG>
<DD><EM>list </EM>is simply executed.
Note that unlike the metacharacters <STRONG>( </STRONG>and <STRONG>)</STRONG>, <STRONG>{ </STRONG>and <STRONG>} </STRONG>are <EM>reserved word</EM>s
and must occur at the beginning of a line or after a <STRONG>; </STRONG>in order to be recognized.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
[[</STRONG><EM> expression </EM><STRONG>]]</STRONG>
<DD>Evaluates <EM>expression </EM>and returns a zero exit status when <EM>expression </EM>is
true.
See <EM>Conditional Expressions </EM>below, for a description of <EM>expression</EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
function</STRONG> <EM>varname </EM> <STRONG>{</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;}</STRONG>
<DD><EM><DT>
varname </EM> <STRONG>() {</STRONG> <EM>list </EM> <STRONG>;}</STRONG>
<DD>Define a function which is referenced by <EM>varname</EM>.
A function whose <EM>varname </EM>contains a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT> </STRONG>is called a discipline function and
the portion of the <EM>varname </EM>preceding the last <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT> </STRONG>must refer to an existing
variable.
The body of the function is the <EM>list </EM>of commands between <STRONG>{ </STRONG>and <STRONG>}</STRONG>.
A function defined with the <STRONG>function</STRONG> <EM>varname </EM> syntax can also be used as
an argument to the <STRONG>.</STRONG> special built-in command to get the equivalent behavior
as if the <EM>varname </EM><STRONG>()</STRONG> syntax were used to define it.
(See <EM>Functions </EM>below.) <STRONG>
<P>
<DT>
time</STRONG> [ <EM>pipeline </EM> ]
<DD>If <EM>pipeline </EM> is omitted the user and system time for the current shell
and completed child processes is printed on standard error.
Otherwise, <EM>pipeline </EM>is executed and the elapsed time as well as the user
and system time are printed on standard error.
</DL><P>
The following reserved words are recognized as reserved only when they
are the first word of a command and are not quoted: <DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
if then else elif fi case esac for while until do done { } function select
time [[ ]] ! </STRONG></DL>
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<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Variable Assignments">Variable Assignments.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>One or more variable assignments can start a simple command or can be arguments
to the <STRONG>typeset</STRONG>, <STRONG>export</STRONG>, or <STRONG>readonly </STRONG>special built-in commands.
The syntax for an <EM>assignment </EM> is of the form: <DL COMPACT><EM>
<P>
<DT>
varname </EM><STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>word </EM>
<DD><EM><DT>
varname </EM><STRONG>[</STRONG><EM>word </EM><STRONG>]</STRONG>=<STRONG></STRONG><EM>word </EM><STRONG>
<DD></STRONG>No space is permitted between <EM>varname </EM> and the <STRONG>=</STRONG> or between <STRONG>=</STRONG> and <EM>word </EM>.
<EM><P>
<DT>
varname </EM><STRONG>=(</STRONG><EM>assign_list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>No space is permitted between <EM>varname </EM> and the <STRONG>=</STRONG>.
An <EM>assign_list </EM> can be one of the following: <DL COMPACT><DL COMPACT><EM>
<DT>
word </EM> ...
<DD>Indexed array assignment.
<STRONG><DT>
[</STRONG><EM>word </EM><STRONG>]=</STRONG><EM>word </EM> . . .
<DD>Associative array assignment.
<EM><DT>
assignment </EM> . . .
<DD>Nested variable assignment.
<STRONG><DT>
typeset</STRONG> [ <EM>options</EM> ] <EM>assignment </EM> . . .
<DD>Nested variable assignment.
Multiple assignments can be specified by separating each of them with a
<STRONG>;</STRONG>.
</DL>
</DL>
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Comments">Comments.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>A word beginning with <STRONG># </STRONG>causes that word and all the following characters
up to a new-line to be ignored.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Aliasing">Aliasing.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The first word of each command is replaced by the text of an <STRONG>alias </STRONG>if an
<STRONG>alias </STRONG>for this word has been defined.
An <STRONG>alias </STRONG>name consists of any number of characters excluding metacharacters,
quoting characters, file expansion characters, parameter expansion and
command substitution characters, and <STRONG>=</STRONG>.
The replacement string can contain any valid shell script including the
metacharacters listed above.
The first word of each command in the replaced text, other than any that
are in the process of being replaced, will be tested for aliases.
If the last character of the alias value is a <EM>blank </EM>then the word following
the alias will also be checked for alias substitution.
Aliases can be used to redefine built-in commands but cannot be used to
redefine the reserved words listed above.
Aliases can be created and listed with the <STRONG>alias </STRONG>command and can be removed
with the <STRONG>unalias </STRONG>command.
<EM><P>
Aliasing </EM>is performed when scripts are read, not while they are executed.
Therefore, for an alias to take effect, the <STRONG>alias </STRONG>definition command has
to be executed before the command which references the alias is read.
<P>
The following aliases are compiled into the shell but can be unset or redefined:
<DL COMPACT><DL COMPACT><STRONG><DT>
autoload='typeset -fu' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
command='command ' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
fc=hist </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
float='typeset -E' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
functions='typeset -f' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
hash='alias -t - -' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
history='hist -l' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
integer='typeset -i' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
nameref='typeset -n' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
nohup='nohup ' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
r='hist -s' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
redirect='command exec' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
stop='kill -s <FONT SIZE=-1>STOP</FONT>' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
suspend='kill -s <FONT SIZE=-1>STOP</FONT> $$' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
times='{ { time;} 2>&1;}' </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
type='whence -v' </STRONG>
<DD></DL>
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Tilde Substitution">Tilde Substitution.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>After alias substitution is performed, each word is checked to see if it
begins with an unquoted <STRONG>~</STRONG>.
For tilde substitution, <EM>word </EM>also refers to the <EM>word </EM>portion of parameter
expansion (see <A HREF="#Parameter Expansion"><EM>Parameter Expansion </EM></A>below).
If it does, then the word up to a <STRONG>/ </STRONG>is checked to see if it matches a user
If a match is found, the <STRONG>~ </STRONG>and the matched login name are replaced by the
login directory of the matched user.
If no match is found, the original text is left unchanged.
A <STRONG>~ </STRONG>by itself, or in front of a <STRONG>/</STRONG>, is replaced by <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>$HOME</STRONG>.
</FONT>A <STRONG>~ </STRONG>followed by a <STRONG>+ </STRONG>or <STRONG>- </STRONG>is replaced by the value of <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>$PWD </FONT></STRONG>and <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>$OLDPWD </FONT></STRONG>respectively.
<P>
In addition, when expanding a <EM>variable assignment</EM>, <EM>tilde </EM>substitution is
attempted when the value of the assignment begins with a <STRONG>~</STRONG>, and when a
<STRONG>~ </STRONG>appears after a <STRONG>:</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>: </STRONG>also terminates a <STRONG>~ </STRONG>login name.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Command Substitution">Command Substitution.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The standard output from a command enclosed in parentheses preceded by
a dollar sign ( <STRONG>$( ) </STRONG>) or a pair of grave accents ( <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1><SUB>`</SUB></FONT> <FONT SIZE=+1><SUB>`</SUB></FONT></STRONG> ) may be used as
part or all of a word; trailing new-lines are removed.
In the second (obsolete) form, the string between the quotes is processed
for special quoting characters before the command is executed (see <A HREF="#Quoting"><EM>Quoting
</EM></A>below).
The command substitution <STRONG>$( cat file )</STRONG> can be replaced by the equivalent
but faster <STRONG>$( <file )</STRONG> .
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Arithmetic Substitution">Arithmetic Substitution.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>An arithmetic expression enclosed in double parentheses preceded by a dollar
sign ( <STRONG>$(( )) </STRONG>) is replaced by the value of the arithmetic expression within
the double parentheses.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Process Substitution">Process Substitution.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>This feature is only available on versions of the UNIX operating system
Each command argument of the form <STRONG><(</STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> or <STRONG>>(</STRONG><EM>list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> will run process
The name of this file will become the argument to the command.
If the form with <STRONG>> </STRONG>is selected then writing on this file will provide input
for <EM>list</EM>.
If <STRONG>< </STRONG>is used, then the file passed as an argument will contain the output
of the <EM>list </EM>process.
For example, <DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
paste <(cut -f1</STRONG> <EM>file1</EM><STRONG>) <(cut -f3</STRONG> <EM>file2</EM><STRONG>) | tee >(</STRONG><EM>process1</EM><STRONG>) >(</STRONG><EM>process2</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG><EM> </EM><EM><P>
cuts </EM></DL>
fields 1 and 3 from the files <EM>file1 </EM>and <EM>file2 </EM>respectively, <EM>pastes </EM>the
results together, and sends it to the processes <EM>process1 </EM>and <EM>process2</EM>,
as well as putting it onto the standard output.
Note that the file, which is passed as an argument to the command, is a
UNIX <EM>pipe</EM>(2) so programs that expect to <EM>lseek</EM>(2) on the file will not work.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Parameter Expansion">Parameter Expansion.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>A <EM>parameter </EM>is a <EM>variable</EM>, one or more digits, or any of the characters
<STRONG>*</STRONG>, <STRONG>@</STRONG>, <STRONG>#</STRONG>, <STRONG>?</STRONG>, <STRONG>-</STRONG>, <STRONG>$</STRONG>, and <STRONG>! </STRONG>.
A <EM>variable </EM>is denoted by a <EM>vname</EM>.
To create a variable whose <EM>vname </EM>contains a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG>, a variable whose <EM>vname </EM>consists
of everything before the last <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG> must already exist.
A <EM>variable </EM>has a <EM>value </EM>and zero or more <EM>attributes</EM>.
<EM>Variables </EM>can be assigned <EM>values </EM>and <EM>attributes </EM>by using the <STRONG>typeset </STRONG>special
built-in command.
The attributes supported by the shell are described later with the <STRONG>typeset
</STRONG>special built-in command.
Exported variables pass values and attributes to the environment.
<P>
The shell supports both indexed and associative arrays.
An element of an array variable is referenced by a <EM>subscript</EM>.
A <EM>subscript </EM>for an indexed array is denoted by an <EM>arithmetic expression
</EM>(see <A HREF="#Arithmetic Evaluation"><EM>Arithmetic Evaluation </EM></A>below) between a <STRONG>[ </STRONG>and a <STRONG>]</STRONG>.
To assign values to an indexed array, use <STRONG>set -A</STRONG> <EM>vname</EM> <EM>value</EM> . . .
.
The value of all subscripts must be in the range of 0 through 4095.
Indexed arrays need not be declared.
Any reference to a variable with a valid subscript is legal and an array
will be created if necessary.
<P>
An associative array is created with the <STRONG>-A </STRONG>option to <STRONG>typeset.
</STRONG>A <EM>subscript </EM>for an associative array is denoted by a string enclosed between
<STRONG>[ </STRONG>and <STRONG>]</STRONG>.
<P>
Referencing any array without a subscript is equivalent to referencing
the array with subscript 0.
<P>
The <EM>value </EM>of a <EM>variable </EM>may be assigned by writing: <DL COMPACT><EM><P>
vname</EM><STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>value </EM>[ <EM>vname</EM><STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>value </EM> ] . . .
</DL>
<P>
or <DL COMPACT><EM><BR>
vname</EM><STRONG>[</STRONG><EM>subscript</EM><STRONG>]=</STRONG><EM>value </EM>[ <EM>vname</EM><STRONG>[</STRONG><EM>subscript</EM><STRONG>]=</STRONG><EM>value </EM> ] . . .
</DL>
<P>
Note that no space is allowed before or after the <STRONG>=</STRONG>.
<P>
A <EM>nameref </EM>is a variable that is a reference to another variable.
A nameref is created with the <STRONG>-n </STRONG>attribute of <STRONG>typeset</STRONG>.
The value of the variable at the time of the <STRONG>typeset </STRONG>command becomes the
variable that will be referenced whenever the nameref variable is used.
The name of a nameref cannot contain a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG>.
When a variable or function name contains a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG>, and the portion of the name
up to the first <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG> matches the name of a nameref, the variable referred
to is obtained by replacing the nameref portion with the name of the variable
referenced by the nameref.
A nameref provides a convenient way to refer to the variable inside a function
whose name is passed as an argument to a function.
For example, if the name of a variable is passed as the first argument
to a function, the command <DL COMPACT><STRONG><BR>
typeset -n var=$1</STRONG> </DL>
<BR>
inside the function causes references and assignments to <STRONG>var </STRONG>to be references
and assignments to the variable whose name has been passed to the function.
<P>
If either of the floating point attributes, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, or <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, or the integer attribute,
<STRONG>-i</STRONG>, is set for <EM>vname</EM>, then the <EM>value </EM>is subject to arithmetic evaluation
as described below.
<P>
Positional parameters, parameters denoted by a number, may be assigned
values with the <STRONG>set </STRONG>special built-in command.
Parameter <STRONG>$0 </STRONG>is set from argument zero when the shell is invoked.
<P>
The character <STRONG>$ </STRONG>is used to introduce substitutable <EM>parameters</EM>.
<DL COMPACT><STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>The shell reads all the characters from <STRONG>${ </STRONG>to the matching <STRONG>} </STRONG>as part of
the same word even if it contains braces or metacharacters.
The value, if any, of the parameter is substituted.
The braces are required when <EM>parameter </EM>is followed by a letter, digit,
or underscore that is not to be interpreted as part of its name, when the
variable name contains a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG>, or when a variable is subscripted.
If <EM>parameter </EM>is one or more digits then it is a positional parameter.
A positional parameter of more than one digit must be enclosed in braces.
If <EM>parameter </EM>is <STRONG>* </STRONG>or <STRONG>@</STRONG>, then all the positional parameters, starting with
<STRONG>$1</STRONG>, are substituted (separated by a field separator character).
If an array <EM>vname </EM>with subscript <STRONG>* </STRONG>or <STRONG>@ </STRONG>is used, then the value for each
of the elements is substituted, separated by the first character of the
value of <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS</STRONG>.
</FONT><STRONG><DT>
${#</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>If <EM>parameter </EM>is <STRONG>* </STRONG>or <STRONG>@</STRONG>, the number of positional parameters is substituted.
Otherwise, the length of the value of the <EM>parameter </EM>is substituted.
<STRONG><DT>
${#</STRONG><EM>vname</EM><STRONG>[*]}</STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
${#</STRONG><EM>vname</EM><STRONG>[@]}</STRONG>
<DD>The number of elements in the array <EM>vname </EM>is substituted.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${!</STRONG><EM>vname </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>Expands to the name of the variable referred to by <EM>vname</EM>.
This will be <EM>vname </EM>except when <EM>vname </EM>is a name reference.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${!</STRONG><EM>vname </EM><STRONG>[</STRONG><EM>subscript </EM><STRONG>]}</STRONG><EM>
<DD></EM>Expands to name of the subscript unless <EM>subscript </EM>is <STRONG>* </STRONG>or <STRONG>@</STRONG>.
When <EM>subscript </EM>is <STRONG>*</STRONG>, the list of array subscripts for <EM>vname </EM> is generated.
For a variable that is not an array, the value is 0 if the variable is
set.
Otherwise it is null.
When <EM>subscript </EM>is <STRONG>@</STRONG>, same as above, except that when used in double quotes,
each array subscript yields a separate argument.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${!</STRONG><EM>prefix </EM><STRONG>*}</STRONG>
<DD>Expands to the names of the variables whose names begin with <EM>prefix</EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>:-</STRONG><EM>word </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>If <EM>parameter </EM>is set and is non-null then substitute its value; otherwise
substitute <EM>word</EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>:=</STRONG><EM>word </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>If <EM>parameter </EM>is not set or is null then set it to <EM>word</EM>; the value of the
parameter is then substituted.
Positional parameters may not be assigned to in this way.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>:?</STRONG><EM>word </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>If <EM>parameter </EM>is set and is non-null then substitute its value; otherwise,
print <EM>word </EM>and exit from the shell (if not interactive).
If <EM>word </EM>is omitted then a standard message is printed.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>:+</STRONG><EM>word </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>If <EM>parameter </EM>is set and is non-null then substitute <EM>word</EM>; otherwise substitute
nothing.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>:</STRONG><EM>offset </EM><STRONG>:</STRONG><EM>length </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>:</STRONG><EM>offset </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>Expands to the portion of the value of <EM>parameter </EM>starting at the character
(counting from <STRONG>0 </STRONG>) determined by expanding <EM>offset </EM>as an arithmetic expression
and consisting of the number of characters determined by the arithmetic
expression defined by <EM>length.
</EM>In the second form, the remainder of the value is used.
If <EM>parameter </EM>is <STRONG>* </STRONG>or <STRONG>@</STRONG>, or is an array name indexed by <STRONG>* </STRONG>or <STRONG>@</STRONG>, then <EM>offset
</EM>and <EM>length </EM>refer to the array index and number of elements respectively.
<STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>#</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>##</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>If the shell <EM>pattern </EM>matches the beginning of the value of <EM>parameter</EM>, then
the value of this expansion is the value of the <EM>parameter </EM>with the matched
portion deleted; otherwise the value of this <EM>parameter </EM>is substituted.
In the first form the smallest matching pattern is deleted and in the second
form the largest matching pattern is deleted.
When <EM>parameter </EM>is <STRONG>@</STRONG>, <STRONG>*</STRONG>, or an array variable with subscript <STRONG>@ </STRONG>or <STRONG>*</STRONG>, the
substring operation is applied to each element in turn.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>%</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>%%</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>}</STRONG>
<DD>If the shell <EM>pattern </EM>matches the end of the value of <EM>parameter</EM>, then the
value of this expansion is the value of the <EM>parameter </EM>with the matched
part deleted; otherwise substitute the value of <EM>parameter</EM>.
In the first form the smallest matching pattern is deleted and in the second
form the largest matching pattern is deleted.
When <EM>parameter </EM>is <STRONG>@</STRONG>, <STRONG>*</STRONG>, or an array variable with subscript <STRONG>@ </STRONG>or <STRONG>*</STRONG>, the
substring operation is applied to each element in turn.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>string </EM><STRONG>} </STRONG>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>//</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>string </EM><STRONG>}
<DD></STRONG><STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>/#</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>string </EM><STRONG>}
<DD></STRONG><STRONG><DT>
${</STRONG><EM>parameter </EM><STRONG>/%</STRONG><EM>pattern </EM><STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>string </EM><STRONG>}
<DD></STRONG>Expands <EM>parameter </EM>and replaces the longest match of <EM>pattern </EM>with the given
<EM>string.
</EM>Each occurrence of <STRONG>\</STRONG><EM>n </EM> in <EM>string </EM>is replaced by the portion of <EM>parameter </EM>
that matches the <EM>n </EM>-th sub-pattern.
In the first form, only the first occurrence of <EM>pattern </EM>is replaced.
In the second form, each match for <EM>pattern </EM>is replaced by the given <EM>string.
</EM>The third form restricts the pattern match to the beginning of the string
while the fourth form restricts the pattern match to the end of the string.
When <EM>string </EM>is null, the <EM>pattern </EM>will be deleted and the <STRONG>/ </STRONG>in front of
<EM>string </EM>may be omitted.
When <EM>parameter </EM>is <STRONG>@</STRONG>, <STRONG>*</STRONG>, or an array variable with subscript <STRONG>@ </STRONG>or <STRONG>*</STRONG>, the
substitution operation is applied to each element in turn.
</DL>
<P>
In the above, <EM>word </EM>is not evaluated unless it is to be used as the substituted
string, so that, in the following example, <STRONG>pwd </STRONG>is executed only if <STRONG>d </STRONG>is
not set or is null:
<DL COMPACT>
<P>
print ${d:- $( pwd ) } </DL>
<P>
If the colon ( <STRONG>: ) </STRONG>is omitted from the above expressions, then the shell
only checks whether <EM>parameter </EM>is set or not.
<P>
The following parameters are automatically set by the shell: <DL COMPACT><DL COMPACT><STRONG>
<DT>
# </STRONG>
<DD>The number of positional parameters in decimal.
<STRONG><DT>
- </STRONG>
<DD>Options supplied to the shell on invocation or by the <STRONG>set </STRONG>command.
<STRONG><DT>
? </STRONG>
<DD>The decimal value returned by the last executed command.
<STRONG><DT>
$ </STRONG>
<DD>The process number of this shell.
<STRONG><DT>
_ </STRONG>
<DD>Initially, the value of <STRONG>_ </STRONG>is an absolute pathname of the shell or script
being executed as passed in the <EM>environment</EM>.
Subsequently it is assigned the last argument of the previous command.
This parameter is not set for commands which are asynchronous.
This parameter is also used to hold the name of the matching <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>MAIL </FONT></STRONG>file
when checking for mail.
<STRONG><DT>
! </STRONG>
<DD>The process number of the last background command invoked.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.edchar </STRONG>
<DD>This variable contains the value of the keyboard character (or sequence
of characters if the first character is an ESC, ascii <STRONG>033 </STRONG>) that has been
entered when processing a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>KEYBD </FONT></STRONG>trap (see <A HREF="#Key Bindings"><EM>Key Bindings </EM></A>below).
If the value is changed as part of the trap action, then the new value
replaces the key (or key sequence) that caused the trap.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.edcol </STRONG>
<DD>The character position of the cursor at the time of the most recent <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>KEYBD
</FONT></STRONG>trap.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.edmode </STRONG>
<DD>The value is set to ESC when processing a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>KEYBD </FONT></STRONG>trap while in <STRONG>vi </STRONG>insert
mode.
(See <EM>Vi Editing Mode </EM>below.) Otherwise, <STRONG>.sh.edmode </STRONG>is null when processing
a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>KEYBD </FONT></STRONG>trap.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.edtext </STRONG>
<DD>The characters in the input buffer at the time of the most recent <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>KEYBD
</FONT></STRONG>trap.
The value is null when not processing a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>KEYBD </FONT></STRONG>trap.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.name </STRONG>
<DD>Set to the name of the variable at the time that a discipline function
is invoked.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.subscript </STRONG>
<DD>Set to the name subscript of the variable at the time that a discipline
function is invoked.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.value </STRONG>
<DD>Set to the value of the variable at the time that the <STRONG>set </STRONG>discipline function
is invoked.
<STRONG><DT>
.sh.version </STRONG>
<DD>Set to a value that identifies the version of this shell.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>LINENO </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The current line number within the script or function being executed.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>OLDPWD </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The previous working directory set by the <STRONG>cd </STRONG>command.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>OPTARG </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The value of the last option argument processed by the <STRONG>getopts </STRONG>built-in
command.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>OPTIND </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The index of the last option argument processed by the <STRONG>getopts </STRONG>built-in
command.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>PPID </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The process number of the parent of the shell.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>PWD </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The present working directory set by the <STRONG>cd </STRONG>command.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>RANDOM </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>Each time this variable is referenced, a random integer, uniformly distributed
between 0 and 32767, is generated.
The sequence of random numbers can be initialized by assigning a numeric
value to <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>RANDOM</STRONG>.
</FONT><STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>REPLY </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>This variable is set by the <STRONG>select </STRONG>statement and by the <STRONG>read </STRONG>built-in command
when no arguments are supplied.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>SECONDS </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>Each time this variable is referenced, the number of seconds since shell
invocation is returned.
If this variable is assigned a value, then the value returned upon reference
will be the value that was assigned plus the number of seconds since the
assignment.
</DL></DL><P>
The following variables are used by the shell: <DL COMPACT><DL COMPACT><STRONG>
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>CDPATH </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The search path for the <STRONG>cd </STRONG>command.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>COLUMNS </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>If this variable is set, the value is used to define the width of the edit
window for the shell edit modes and for printing <STRONG>select </STRONG>lists.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>EDITOR </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>If the value of this variable ends in <EM>emacs</EM>, <EM>gmacs</EM>, or <EM>vi </EM>and the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>VISUAL
</FONT></STRONG>variable is not set, then the corresponding option (see special built-in
command <A HREF="#set"><STRONG>set </STRONG></A>below) will be turned on.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ENV </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>If this variable is set, then parameter expansion, command substitution,
and arithmetic substitution are performed on the value to generate the
pathname of the script that will be executed when the shell is invoked
(see <A HREF="#Invocation"><EM>Invocation </EM></A>below).
This file is typically used for <STRONG>alias </STRONG>and <STRONG>function </STRONG>definitions.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>FCEDIT </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>Obsolete name for the default editor name for the <STRONG>hist </STRONG>command.
<STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>FCEDIT </FONT></STRONG>is not used when <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>HISTEDIT </FONT></STRONG>is set.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FIGNORE </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>A pattern that defines the set of filenames that will be ignored when performing
filename matching.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FPATH </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>The search path for function definitions.
This path is searched for a file with the same name as the function or
command when a function with the <STRONG>-u </STRONG>attribute is referenced and when a
command is not found.
If an executable file with the name of that command is found, then it is
read and executed in the current environment.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>HISTCMD </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>Number of the current command in the history file.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>HISTEDIT </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>Name for the default editor name for the <STRONG>hist </STRONG>command.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTFILE </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>If this variable is set when the shell is invoked, then the value is the
pathname of the file that will be used to store the command history (see
<A HREF="#Command Re-entry"><EM>Command Re-entry </EM></A>below).
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTSIZE </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>If this variable is set when the shell is invoked, then the number of previously
entered commands that are accessible by this shell will be greater than
or equal to this number.
The default is 128.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>HOME </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The default argument (home directory) for the <STRONG>cd </STRONG>command.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>Internal field separators, normally <STRONG>space</STRONG>, <STRONG>tab</STRONG>, and <STRONG>new-line </STRONG>that are used
to separate the results of command substitution or parameter expansion
and to separate fields with the built-in command <STRONG>read</STRONG>.
The first character of the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG></FONT>variable is used to separate arguments for
the <STRONG>"$*" </STRONG>substitution (see <A HREF="#Quoting"><EM>Quoting </EM></A>below).
Each single occurrence of an <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG></FONT>character in the string to be split, that
is not in the <EM>isspace </EM> character class, and any adjacent characters in
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG></FONT>that are in the <EM>isspace </EM> character class, delimit a field.
One or more characters in <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG></FONT>that belong to the <EM>isspace </EM> character class,
delimit a field.
In addition, if the same <EM>isspace </EM> character appears consecutively inside
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS</STRONG>, </FONT>this character is treated as if it were not in the <EM>isspace </EM> class,
so that if <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG></FONT>consists of two <STRONG>tab </STRONG>characters, then two adjacent <STRONG>tab </STRONG>characters
delimit a null field.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>LANG </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>This variable determines the locale category for any category not specifically
selected with a variable starting with <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>LC_ </FONT></STRONG>or <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>LANG</STRONG>.
</FONT><STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>LC_ALL </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>This variable overrides the value of the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>LANG </FONT></STRONG>variable and any other <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>LC_
</FONT></STRONG>variable.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>LC_COLLATE </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>This variable determines the locale category for character collation information.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>LC_CTYPE </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>This variable determines the locale category for character handling functions.
It determines the character classes for pattern matching (see <A HREF="#File Name Generation"><EM>File Name
Generation </EM></A>below).
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>LC_NUMERIC </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>This variable determines the locale category for the decimal point character.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>LINES </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>If this variable is set, the value is used to determine the column length
for printing <STRONG>select </STRONG>lists.
Select lists will print vertically until about two-thirds of <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>LINES </FONT></STRONG>lines
are filled.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>MAIL </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>If this variable is set to the name of a mail file <EM>and </EM>the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>MAILPATH </FONT></STRONG>variable
is not set, then the shell informs the user of arrival of mail in the specified
file.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>MAILCHECK </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>This variable specifies how often (in seconds) the shell will check for
changes in the modification time of any of the files specified by the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>MAILPATH
</FONT></STRONG>or <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>MAIL </FONT></STRONG>variables.
The default value is 600 seconds.
When the time has elapsed the shell will check before issuing the next
prompt.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>MAILPATH </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>A colon ( <STRONG>: </STRONG>) separated list of file names.
If this variable is set, then the shell informs the user of any modifications
to the specified files that have occurred within the last <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>MAILCHECK </FONT></STRONG>seconds.
Each file name can be followed by a <STRONG>? </STRONG>and a message that will be printed.
The message will undergo parameter expansion, command substitution, and
arithmetic substitution with the variable <STRONG>$_ </STRONG>defined as the name of the
file that has changed.
The default message is <EM>you have mail in $_ .
</EM><STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>PATH </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>The search path for commands (see <A HREF="#Execution"><EM>Execution </EM></A>below).
The user may not change <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PATH</FONT> </STRONG>if executing under <STRONG>rsh </STRONG>(except in <STRONG>.profile ).
</STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS1 </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>The value of this variable is expanded for parameter expansion, command
substitution, and arithmetic substitution to define the primary prompt
string which by default is ``<STRONG>$ </STRONG>''.
The character <STRONG>! </STRONG>in the primary prompt string is replaced by the <EM>command
</EM>number (see <A HREF="#Command Re-entry"><EM>Command Re-entry </EM></A>below).
Two successive occurrences of <STRONG>! </STRONG>will produce a single <STRONG>! </STRONG>when the prompt
string is printed.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS2 </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>Secondary prompt string, by default ``<STRONG>> </STRONG>''.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS3 </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>Selection prompt string used within a <STRONG>select </STRONG>loop, by default ``<STRONG>#? </STRONG>''.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS4 </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>The value of this variable is expanded for parameter evaluation, command
substitution, and arithmetic substitution and precedes each line of an
execution trace.
By default, <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS4 </STRONG></FONT>is ``<STRONG>+ </STRONG>''.
In addition when <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS4 </STRONG></FONT>is unset, the execution trace prompt is also ``<STRONG>+ </STRONG>''.
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>SHELL </STRONG>
<DD></FONT>The pathname of the <EM>shell </EM>is kept in the environment.
At invocation, if the basename of this variable is <STRONG>rsh</STRONG>, <STRONG>rksh</STRONG>, or <STRONG>krsh</STRONG>,
then the shell becomes restricted.
<STRONG><DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>TMOUT </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>If set to a value greater than zero, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>TMOUT </FONT></STRONG>will be the default timeout
value for the <STRONG>read </STRONG>built-in command.
The <STRONG>select </STRONG>compound command terminates after <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>TMOUT </FONT></STRONG>seconds when input is
from a terminal.
Otherwise, the shell will terminate if a line is not entered within the
prescribed number of seconds while reading from a terminal.
(Note that the shell can be compiled with a maximum bound for this value
which cannot be exceeded.) <STRONG>
<DT>
<FONT SIZE=-1>VISUAL </FONT></STRONG>
<DD>If the value of this variable ends in <EM>emacs</EM>, <EM>gmacs</EM>, or <EM>vi </EM>then the corresponding
option (see Special Command <A HREF="#set"><STRONG>set </STRONG></A>below) will be turned on.
The value of <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>VISUAL </FONT></STRONG>overrides the value of <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>EDITOR.
</FONT></STRONG></DL></DL><P>
The shell gives default values to <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PATH</FONT></STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PS1</FONT></STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PS2</FONT></STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PS3</FONT></STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PS4</FONT></STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>MAILCHECK</FONT></STRONG>,
<STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>FCEDIT</FONT></STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>TMOUT</FONT></STRONG> and <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>IFS</FONT></STRONG>, while <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HOME</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>SHELL</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ENV</STRONG>, </FONT>and <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>MAIL </STRONG></FONT>are not set at
all by the shell (although <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HOME </STRONG></FONT><EM>is </EM>set by <EM>login</EM>(1)).
On some systems <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>MAIL </STRONG></FONT>and <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>SHELL </STRONG></FONT>are also set by <EM>login</EM>(1).
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Field Splitting">Field Splitting.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>After parameter expansion and command substitution, the results of substitutions
are scanned for the field separator characters (those found in <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG></FONT>) and
split into distinct fields where such characters are found.
Explicit null fields ( <STRONG>" "</STRONG> or <STRONG>' '</STRONG> ) are retained.
Implicit null fields (those resulting from <EM>parameters </EM>that have no values
or command substitutions with no output) are removed.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="File Name Generation">File Name Generation.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>Following splitting, each field is scanned for the characters <STRONG>*</STRONG>, <STRONG>?</STRONG>, <STRONG>(</STRONG>,
and <STRONG>[ </STRONG>unless the <STRONG>-f </STRONG>option has been set.
If one of these characters appears, then the word is regarded as a <EM>pattern</EM>.
Each file name component that contains any pattern character is replaced
with a lexicographically sorted set of names that matches the pattern from
that directory.
If no file name is found that matches the pattern, then that component
of the filename is left unchanged.
If <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FIGNORE </STRONG></FONT>is set, then each file name component that matches the pattern
defined by the value of <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FIGNORE </STRONG></FONT>is ignored when generating the matching
filenames.
The names <STRONG>.
</STRONG>and <STRONG>..
</STRONG>are also ignored.
If <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FIGNORE </STRONG></FONT>is not set, the character <STRONG>.
</STRONG>at the start of each file name component will be ignored unless the first
character of the pattern corresponding to this component is the character
<STRONG>.
</STRONG>itself.
Note, that for other uses of pattern matching the <STRONG>/ </STRONG>and <STRONG>.
</STRONG>are not treated specially.
<DL COMPACT><DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
<DT>
* </STRONG>
<DD>Matches any string, including the null string.
<STRONG><DT>
? </STRONG>
<DD>Matches any single character.
<DT>
<STRONG>[ </STRONG> . . . <STRONG> ] </STRONG>
<DD>Matches any one of the enclosed characters.
A pair of characters separated by <STRONG>- </STRONG>matches any character lexically between
the pair, inclusive.
If the first character following the opening <STRONG>[ </STRONG>is a <STRONG>! </STRONG>then any character
not enclosed is matched.
A <STRONG>- </STRONG>can be included in the character set by putting it as the first or
last character.
<BR>
Within <STRONG>[ </STRONG>and <STRONG> ] </STRONG>, character classes can be specified with the syntax <STRONG>[:</STRONG><EM>class</EM><STRONG>:]</STRONG>
where class is one of the following classes defined in the ANSI-C standard:
<STRONG><BR>
alnum alpha blank cntrl digit graph lower print punct space upper xdigit
</STRONG><BR>
Within <STRONG>[ </STRONG>and <STRONG> ] </STRONG>, an equivalence class can be specified with the syntax
<STRONG>[=</STRONG><EM>c</EM><STRONG>=]</STRONG> which matches all characters with the same primary collation weight
(as defined by the current locale) as the character <EM>c</EM>.
<BR>
Within <STRONG>[ </STRONG>and <STRONG> ] </STRONG>, <STRONG>[.</STRONG><EM>symbol</EM><STRONG>.]</STRONG> matches the collating symbol <EM>symbol</EM>.
</DL>
</DL>
A <EM>pattern-list </EM>is a list of one or more patterns separated from each other
with a <STRONG>& </STRONG>or <STRONG>|</STRONG>.
A <STRONG>& </STRONG>signifies that all patterns must be matched whereas <STRONG>| </STRONG>requires that
only one pattern be matched.
Composite patterns can be formed with one or more of the following sub-patterns:
<DL COMPACT><DL COMPACT><STRONG><DT>
?(</STRONG><EM>pattern-list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>Optionally matches any one of the given patterns.
<STRONG><DT>
*(</STRONG><EM>pattern-list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>Matches zero or more occurrences of the given patterns.
<STRONG><DT>
+(</STRONG><EM>pattern-list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>Matches one or more occurrences of the given patterns.
<STRONG><DT>
@(</STRONG><EM>pattern-list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>Matches exactly one of the given patterns.
<STRONG><DT>
!(</STRONG><EM>pattern-list </EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>Matches anything except one of the given patterns.
</DL>
</DL>
Each sub-pattern in a composite pattern is numbered, starting at 1, by
the location of the <STRONG>(</STRONG> within the pattern.
The sequence <STRONG>\</STRONG><EM>n </EM>, where <EM>n </EM> is a single digit and <STRONG>\</STRONG><EM>n </EM> comes after the <EM>n</EM>-th.
sub-pattern, matches the same string as the sub-pattern itself.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Quoting">Quoting.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>Each of the <EM>metacharacters </EM>listed earlier (see <A HREF="#Definitions"><EM>Definitions </EM></A>above) has a
special meaning to the shell and causes termination of a word unless quoted.
it with a <STRONG>\</STRONG>.
The pair <STRONG>\new-line </STRONG>is removed.
All characters enclosed between a pair of single quote marks ( <STRONG>' '</STRONG> ) that
is not preceded by a <STRONG>$ </STRONG>are quoted.
A single quote cannot appear within the single quotes.
A single quoted string preceded by an unquoted <STRONG>$ </STRONG>is processed as an ANSI-C
string except that <STRONG>\0 </STRONG>within the string causes the remainder of the string
to be ignored and <STRONG>\E </STRONG>is equivalent to the escape character (ascii <STRONG>033</STRONG>).
Inside double quote marks (<STRONG>" "</STRONG>), parameter and command substitution occur
and <STRONG>\ </STRONG>quotes the characters <STRONG>\</STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1><SUB>`</SUB></FONT></STRONG>, <STRONG>"</STRONG>, and <STRONG>$</STRONG>.
A <STRONG>$ </STRONG>in front of a double quoted string will be ignored in the "C" or "POSIX"
locale, and may cause the string to be replaced by a locale specific string
otherwise.
The meaning of <STRONG>$* </STRONG>and <STRONG>$@ </STRONG>is identical when not quoted or when used as a
variable assignment value or as a file name.
However, when used as a command argument, <STRONG>"$*" </STRONG>is equivalent to <STRONG>"$1</STRONG><EM>d</EM><STRONG> $2</STRONG><EM>d</EM> . . .<STRONG>"</STRONG>,
where <EM>d </EM>is the first character of the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>IFS </STRONG></FONT>variable, whereas <STRONG>"$@" </STRONG>is equivalent
to <STRONG>"$1" </STRONG><STRONG>"$2" </STRONG>. . . .
Inside grave quote marks (<STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1><SUB>`</SUB></FONT> <FONT SIZE=+1><SUB>`</SUB></FONT></STRONG>), <STRONG>\ </STRONG>quotes the characters <STRONG>\</STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1><SUB>`</SUB></FONT></STRONG>, and <STRONG>$</STRONG>.
If the grave quotes occur within double quotes, then <STRONG>\ </STRONG>also quotes the
character <STRONG>"</STRONG>.
<P>
The special meaning of reserved words or aliases can be removed by quoting
any character of the reserved word.
The recognition of function names or built-in command names listed below
cannot be altered by quoting them.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Arithmetic Evaluation">Arithmetic Evaluation.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The shell performs arithmetic evaluation for arithmetic substitution, to
evaluate an arithmetic command, to evaluate an indexed array subscript,
and to evaluate arguments to the built-in commands <STRONG>shift </STRONG>and <STRONG>let</STRONG>.
Evaluations are performed using double precision floating point arithmetic.
Floating point constants follow the ANSI-C programming language conventions.
Integer constants are of the form [ <EM>base</EM><STRONG># </STRONG> ]<EM>n </EM> where <EM>base </EM>is a decimal
number between two and sixty-four representing the arithmetic base and
<EM>n </EM>is a number in that base.
The digits above 9 are represented by the lower case letters, the upper
case letters, <STRONG>@</STRONG>, and <STRONG>_ </STRONG>respectively.
For bases less than or equal to 36, upper and lower case characters can
be used interchangeably.
If <EM>base </EM>is omitted, then base 10 is used.
<P>
An arithmetic expression uses the same syntax, precedence, and associativity
of expression as the C language.
All the C language operators that apply to floating point quantities can
be used.
In addition, when the value of an arithmetic variable or sub-expression
can be represented as a long integer, all C language integer arithmetic
operations can be performed.
Variables can be referenced by name within an arithmetic expression without
using the parameter expansion syntax.
When a variable is referenced, its value is evaluated as an arithmetic
expression.
<P>
The following math library functions can be used with an arithmetic expression:
<DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
abs acos asin atan cos cosh exp int log sin sinh sqrt tan tanh </STRONG></DL>
<P>
An internal representation of a <EM>variable </EM>as a double precision floating
point can be specified with the <STRONG>-E</STRONG> [ <EM>n </EM> ] or <STRONG>-F</STRONG> [ <EM>n </EM> ] option of the <STRONG>typeset
</STRONG>special built-in command.
The <STRONG>-E </STRONG>option causes the expansion of the value to be represented using
scientific notation when it is expanded.
The optional option argument <EM>n </EM>defines the number of significant figures.
The <STRONG>-F </STRONG>option causes the expansion to be represented as a floating decimal
number when it is expanded.
The optional option argument <EM>n </EM>defines the number of places after the decimal
point in this case.
<P>
An internal integer representation of a <EM>variable </EM>can be specified with
the <STRONG>-i</STRONG> [ <EM>n </EM> ] option of the <STRONG>typeset </STRONG>special built-in command.
The optional option argument <EM>n </EM>specifies an arithmetic base to be used
when expanding the variable.
If you do not specify an arithmetic base, the first assignment to the variable
determines the arithmetic base.
<P>
Arithmetic evaluation is performed on the value of each assignment to a
variable with the <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, or <STRONG>-i </STRONG>attribute.
Assigning a floating point number to a variable whose type is an integer
causes the fractional part to be truncated.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Prompting">Prompting.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>When used interactively, the shell prompts with the value of <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PS1 </STRONG></FONT>after
expanding it for parameter expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic
substitution, before reading a command.
In addition, each single <STRONG>! </STRONG>in the prompt is replaced by the command number.
A <STRONG>!! </STRONG>is required to place <STRONG>! </STRONG>in the prompt.
If at any time a new-line is typed and further input is needed to complete
a command, then the secondary prompt (i.e., the value of <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PS2</FONT></STRONG>) is issued.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Conditional Expressions">Conditional Expressions.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>A <EM>conditional expression </EM>is used with the <STRONG>[[ </STRONG>compound command to test attributes
of files and to compare strings.
Field splitting and file name generation are not performed on the words
between <STRONG>[[ </STRONG>and <STRONG>]]</STRONG>.
Each expression can be constructed from one or more of the following unary
or binary expressions: <DL COMPACT><EM>
<DT>
string</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>string </EM>is not null.
<STRONG><DT>
-a</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-e</STRONG> below.
This is obsolete.
<STRONG><DT>
-b</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is a block special file.
<STRONG><DT>
-c</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is a character special file.
<STRONG><DT>
-d</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is a directory.
<STRONG><DT>
-e</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists.
<STRONG><DT>
-f</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is an ordinary file.
<STRONG><DT>
-g</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and it has its setgid bit set.
<STRONG><DT>
-k</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and it has its sticky bit set.
<STRONG><DT>
-n</STRONG> <EM>string</EM>
<DD>True, if length of <EM>string </EM>is non-zero.
<STRONG><DT>
-o</STRONG> <EM>option</EM>
<DD>True, if option named <EM>option </EM>is on.
<STRONG><DT>
-p</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is a fifo special file or a pipe.
<STRONG><DT>
-r</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is readable by current process.
<STRONG><DT>
-s</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and has size greater than zero.
<STRONG><DT>
-t</STRONG> <EM>fildes</EM>
<DD>True, if file descriptor number <EM>fildes </EM>is open and associated with a terminal
device.
<STRONG><DT>
-u</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and it has its setuid bit set.
<STRONG><DT>
-w</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is writable by current process.
<STRONG><DT>
-x</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is executable by current process.
If <EM>file </EM>exists and is a directory, then true if the current process has
permission to search in the directory.
<STRONG><DT>
-z</STRONG> <EM>string</EM>
<DD>True, if length of <EM>string </EM>is zero.
<STRONG><DT>
-L</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is a symbolic link.
<STRONG><DT>
-O</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is owned by the effective user id of this process.
<STRONG><DT>
-G</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and its group matches the effective group id of this
process.
<STRONG><DT>
-S</STRONG> <EM>file</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file </EM>exists and is a socket.
<EM><DT>
file1</EM> <STRONG>-nt</STRONG> <EM>file2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file1 </EM>exists and <EM>file2 </EM>does not, or <EM>file1 </EM>is newer than <EM>file2</EM>.
<EM><DT>
file1</EM> <STRONG>-ot</STRONG> <EM>file2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file2 </EM>exists and <EM>file1 </EM>does not, or <EM>file1 </EM>is older than <EM>file2</EM>.
<EM><DT>
file1</EM> <STRONG>-ef</STRONG> <EM>file2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>file1 </EM>and <EM>file2 </EM>exist and refer to the same file.
<EM><DT>
string</EM> <STRONG>==</STRONG> <EM>pattern</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>string </EM>matches <EM>pattern</EM>.
Any part of <EM>pattern </EM>can be quoted to cause it to be matched as a string.
<EM><DT>
string</EM> <STRONG>=</STRONG> <EM>pattern</EM>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>==</STRONG> above, but is obsolete.
<EM><DT>
string</EM> <STRONG>!=</STRONG> <EM>pattern</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>string </EM>does not match <EM>pattern</EM>.
<EM><DT>
string1</EM> <STRONG><</STRONG> <EM>string2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>string1 </EM>comes before <EM>string2 </EM>based on ASCII value of their characters.
<EM><DT>
string1</EM> <STRONG>></STRONG> <EM>string2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>string1 </EM>comes after <EM>string2 </EM>based on ASCII value of their characters.
</DL>
<BR>
The following obsolete arithmetic comparisons are also permitted: <DL COMPACT><EM>
<DT>
exp1</EM> <STRONG>-eq</STRONG> <EM>exp2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>exp1 </EM>is equal to <EM>exp2</EM>.
<EM><DT>
exp1</EM> <STRONG>-ne</STRONG> <EM>exp2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>exp1 </EM>is not equal to <EM>exp2</EM>.
<EM><DT>
exp1</EM> <STRONG>-lt</STRONG> <EM>exp2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>exp1 </EM>is less than <EM>exp2</EM>.
<EM><DT>
exp1</EM> <STRONG>-gt</STRONG> <EM>exp2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>exp1 </EM>is greater than <EM>exp2</EM>.
<EM><DT>
exp1</EM> <STRONG>-le</STRONG> <EM>exp2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>exp1 </EM>is less than or equal to <EM>exp2</EM>.
<EM><DT>
exp1</EM> <STRONG>-ge</STRONG> <EM>exp2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>exp1 </EM>is greater than or equal to <EM>exp2</EM>.
</DL>
<P>
In each of the above expressions, if <EM>file </EM>is of the form <STRONG>/dev/fd/</STRONG><EM>n</EM>, where
<EM>n </EM>is an integer, then the test is applied to the open file whose descriptor
number is <EM>n</EM>.
<P>
A compound expression can be constructed from these primitives by using
any of the following, listed in decreasing order of precedence.
<DL COMPACT><STRONG><DT>
(</STRONG><EM>expression</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
<DD>True, if <EM>expression </EM>is true.
Used to group expressions.
<STRONG><DT>
!</STRONG> <EM>expression</EM>
<DD>True if <EM>expression </EM>is false.
<EM><DT>
expression1</EM> <STRONG>&&</STRONG> <EM>expression2</EM>
<DD>True, if <EM>expression1 </EM>and <EM>expression2 </EM>are both true.
<EM><DT>
expression1</EM> <STRONG>||</STRONG> <EM>expression2</EM>
<DD>True, if either <EM>expression1 </EM>or <EM>expression2 </EM>is true.
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>Before a command is executed, its input and output may be redirected using
a special notation interpreted by the shell.
The following may appear anywhere in a simple-command or may precede or
follow a <EM>command </EM>and are <EM>not </EM>passed on to the invoked command.
Command substitution, parameter expansion, and arithmetic substitution
occur before <EM>word </EM>or <EM>digit </EM>is used except as noted below.
File name generation occurs only if the shell is interactive and the pattern
matches a single file.
Field splitting is not performed.
<P>
In each of the following redirections, if <EM>file </EM>is of the form <STRONG>/dev/tcp/</STRONG><EM>host</EM><STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>port</EM>,
or <STRONG>/dev/udp/</STRONG><EM>host</EM><STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>port</EM>, where <EM>host </EM>is a hostname or host address, and <EM>port
</EM>is an integer port number, then the redirection attempts to make a <STRONG>tcp</STRONG>
or <STRONG>udp</STRONG> connection to the corresponding socket.
<DL COMPACT>
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG><</STRONG><EM>word </EM>
<DD>Use file <EM>word </EM>as standard input (file descriptor 0).
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG>></STRONG><EM>word </EM>
<DD>Use file <EM>word </EM>as standard output (file descriptor 1).
If the file does not exist then it is created.
If the file exists, and the <STRONG>noclobber </STRONG>option is on, this causes an error;
otherwise, it is truncated to zero length.
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG>>|</STRONG><EM>word </EM>
<DD>Sames as <STRONG>></STRONG>, except that it overrides the <STRONG>noclobber </STRONG>option.
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG>>></STRONG><EM>word </EM>
<DD>Use file <EM>word </EM>as standard output.
If the file exists, then output is appended to it (by first seeking to
the end-of-file); otherwise, the file is created.
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG><></STRONG><EM>word </EM>
<DD>Open file <EM>word </EM>for reading and writing as standard input.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
<<</STRONG>[ <STRONG>-</STRONG> ]<EM>word</EM>
<DD>The shell input is read up to a line that is the same as <EM>word </EM>after any
quoting has been removed, or to an end-of-file.
No parameter substitution, command substitution, arithmetic substitution
or file name generation is performed on <EM>word</EM>.
The resulting document, called a <EM>here-document</EM>, becomes the standard input.
If any character of <EM>word </EM>is quoted, then no interpretation is placed upon
the characters of the document; otherwise, parameter expansion, command
substitution, and arithmetic substitution occur, <STRONG>\new-line </STRONG>is ignored,
and <STRONG>\ </STRONG>must be used to quote the characters <STRONG>\</STRONG>, <STRONG>$</STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1><SUB>`</SUB></FONT></STRONG>.
If <STRONG>- </STRONG>is appended to <STRONG><<</STRONG>, then all leading tabs are stripped from <EM>word </EM>and
from the document.
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG><&</STRONG><EM>digit </EM>
<DD>The standard input is duplicated from file descriptor <EM>digit </EM>(see <A HREF="dup(2)"><EM>dup</EM>(2)</A>).
Similarly for the standard output using <STRONG>>& </STRONG><EM>digit</EM>.
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG><&</STRONG><EM>digit</EM><STRONG>- </STRONG>
<DD>The file descriptor given by <EM>digit </EM>is moved to standard input.
Similarly for the standard output using <STRONG>>& </STRONG><EM>digit</EM><STRONG>-</STRONG>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
<&- </STRONG>
<DD>The standard input is closed.
Similarly for the standard output using <STRONG>>&-</STRONG>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
<&p </STRONG>
<DD>The input from the co-process is moved to standard input.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
>&p </STRONG>
<DD>The output to the co-process is moved to standard output.
</DL>
<P>
If one of the above is preceded by a digit, then the file descriptor number
referred to is that specified by the digit (instead of the default 0 or
1).
For example: <DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
. . .
2>&1</STRONG> </DL>
<P>
means file descriptor 2 is to be opened for writing as a duplicate of file
descriptor 1.
<P>
The order in which redirections are specified is significant.
The shell evaluates each redirection in terms of the (<EM>file descriptor</EM>,
<EM>file</EM>) association at the time of evaluation.
For example: <DL COMPACT><STRONG><P>
. . .
1></STRONG><EM>fname </EM><STRONG> 2>&1</STRONG> </DL>
<P>
first associates file descriptor 1 with file <EM>fname </EM>.
It then associates file descriptor 2 with the file associated with file
descriptor 1 (i.e.
<EM>fname </EM>).
If the order of redirections were reversed, file descriptor 2 would be
associated with the terminal (assuming file descriptor 1 had been) and
then file descriptor 1 would be associated with file <EM>fname </EM>.
<P>
If a command is followed by <STRONG>& </STRONG>and job control is not active, then the default
Otherwise, the environment for the execution of a command contains the
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Environment">Environment.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The <EM>environment </EM>(see <A HREF="environ(7)"><EM>environ</EM>(7)</A>) is a list of name-value pairs that is
passed to an executed program in the same way as a normal argument list.
The names must be <EM>identifiers </EM>and the values are character strings.
The shell interacts with the environment in several ways.
On invocation, the shell scans the environment and creates a variable for
each name found, giving it the corresponding value and attributes and marking
it <EM>export</EM>.
Executed commands inherit the environment.
If the user modifies the values of these variables or creates new ones,
using the <STRONG>export </STRONG>or <STRONG>typeset -x </STRONG>commands, they become part of the environment.
The environment seen by any executed command is thus composed of any name-value
pairs originally inherited by the shell, whose values may be modified by
the current shell, plus any additions which must be noted in <STRONG>export </STRONG>or
<STRONG>typeset -x </STRONG>commands.
<P>
The environment for any <EM>simple-command </EM>or function may be augmented by
prefixing it with one or more variable assignments.
A variable assignment argument is a word of the form <EM>identifier=value</EM>.
Thus: <DL COMPACT><STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1><P>
TERM</FONT>=450 cmd args</STRONG> and <STRONG><BR>
(export <FONT SIZE=-1>TERM</FONT>; <FONT SIZE=-1>TERM</FONT>=450; cmd args)</STRONG> </DL>
<P>
are equivalent (as far as the above execution of <EM>cmd </EM>is concerned except
for special built-in commands listed below - those that are preceded with
a dagger).
<P>
If the obsolete <STRONG>-k </STRONG>option is set, <EM>all </EM>variable assignment arguments are
placed in the environment, even if they occur after the command name.
The following first prints <STRONG>a=b c </STRONG>and then <STRONG>c</STRONG>: <PRE>
<DL COMPACT><STRONG> echo a=b c
set -k
echo a=b c
</STRONG></DL></PRE>This feature is intended for use with scripts written for early versions
of the shell and its use in new scripts is strongly discouraged.
It is likely to disappear someday.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Functions">Functions.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>For historical reasons, there are two ways to define functions, the <EM>name</EM><STRONG>( )
</STRONG>syntax and the <STRONG>function </STRONG><EM>name </EM>syntax, described in the <EM>Commands </EM>section
above.
Shell functions are read in and stored internally.
Alias names are resolved when the function is read.
Functions are executed like commands with the arguments passed as positional
parameters.
(See <EM>Execution </EM>below.) <P>
Functions defined by the <STRONG>function </STRONG><EM>name </EM>syntax and called by name execute
in the same process as the caller and share all files and present working
directory with the caller.
Traps caught by the caller are reset to their default action inside the
function.
A trap condition that is not caught or ignored by the function causes the
function to terminate and the condition to be passed on to the caller.
A trap on <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>EXIT </STRONG></FONT>set inside a function is executed in the environment of
the caller after the function completes.
Ordinarily, variables are shared between the calling program and the function.
However, the <STRONG>typeset </STRONG>special built-in command used within a function defines
local variables whose scope includes the current function and all functions
it calls.
Errors within functions return control to the caller.
<P>
Functions defined with the <EM>name</EM><STRONG>( ) </STRONG>syntax and functions defined with the
<STRONG>function </STRONG><EM>name </EM>syntax that are invoked with the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG> special built-in are executed
in the caller's environment and share all variables and traps with the
caller.
Errors within these function executions cause the script that contains
them to abort.
<P>
The special built-in command <STRONG>return </STRONG>is used to return from function calls.
<P>
Function names can be listed with the <STRONG>-f </STRONG>or <STRONG>+f </STRONG>option of the <STRONG>typeset </STRONG>special
built-in command.
The text of functions, when available, will also be listed with <STRONG>-f</STRONG>.
Functions can be undefined with the <STRONG>-f </STRONG>option of the <STRONG>unset </STRONG>special built-in
command.
<P>
Ordinarily, functions are unset when the shell executes a shell script.
Functions that need to be defined across separate invocations of the shell
should be placed in a directory and the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>FPATH </FONT></STRONG>variable should contain the
name of this directory.
They may also be specified in the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>ENV </FONT></STRONG>file.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Discipline Functions">Discipline Functions.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>Each variable can have zero or more discipline functions associated with
it.
The shell initially understands the discipline names <STRONG>get</STRONG>, <STRONG>set</STRONG>, and <STRONG>unset</STRONG>
but on most systems others can be added at run time via the C programming
interface extension provided by the <STRONG>builtin </STRONG>built-in utility.
If the <STRONG>get</STRONG> discipline is defined for a variable, it is invoked whenever
the given variable is referenced.
the referenced variable will evaluate to this value instead.
If the <STRONG>set</STRONG> discipline is defined for a variable, it is invoked whenever
the given variable is assigned a value.
after the discipline completes.
If the <STRONG>unset</STRONG> discipline is defined for a variable, it is invoked whenever
the given variable is unset.
The variable will not be unset unless it is unset explicitly from within
this discipline function.
<P>
<STRONG>.sh.value </STRONG>will contain the value being assigned inside the <STRONG>.set </STRONG>discipline
function.
For the <STRONG>set</STRONG> discipline, changing <STRONG>.sh.value </STRONG>will change the value that gets
assigned.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Jobs">Jobs.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>If the <STRONG>monitor </STRONG>option of the <STRONG>set </STRONG>command is turned on, an interactive shell
associates a <EM>job</EM> with each pipeline.
It keeps a table of current jobs, printed by the <STRONG>jobs </STRONG>command, and assigns
them small integer numbers.
When a job is started asynchronously with <STRONG>&</STRONG>, the shell prints a line which
looks like: <P>
[1] 1234 <P>
indicating that the job which was started asynchronously was job number
1 and had one (top-level) process, whose process id was 1234.
<P>
This paragraph and the next require features that are not in all versions
of UNIX and may not apply.
If you are running a job and wish to do something else you may hit the
key <STRONG>^Z</STRONG> (control-Z) which sends a STOP signal to the current job.
The shell will then normally indicate that the job has been `Stopped',
and print another prompt.
You can then manipulate the state of this job, putting it in the background
with the <STRONG>bg </STRONG>command, or run some other commands and then eventually bring
the job back into the foreground with the foreground command <STRONG>fg</STRONG>.
A <STRONG>^Z</STRONG> takes effect immediately and is like an interrupt in that pending
output and unread input are discarded when it is typed.
<P>
A job being run in the background will stop if it tries to read from the
terminal.
Background jobs are normally allowed to produce output, but this can be
disabled by giving the command <STRONG>stty tostop</STRONG>.
If you set this tty option, then background jobs will stop when they try
to produce output like they do when they try to read input.
<P>
There are several ways to refer to jobs in the shell.
A job can be referred to by the process id of any process of the job or
by one of the following:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>
<STRONG>%</STRONG><EM>number </EM>
<DD>The job with the given number.
<DT>
<STRONG>%</STRONG><EM>string </EM>
<DD>Any job whose command line begins with <EM>string</EM>.
<DT>
<STRONG>%?</STRONG><EM>string </EM>
<DD>Any job whose command line contains <EM>string</EM>.
<DT>
<STRONG>%% </STRONG>
<DD>Current job.
<DT>
<STRONG>%+ </STRONG>
<DD>Equivalent to <STRONG>%%</STRONG>.
<DT>
<STRONG>%- </STRONG>
<DD>Previous job.
</DL>
<P>
The shell learns immediately whenever a process changes state.
It normally informs you whenever a job becomes blocked so that no further
progress is possible, but only just before it prints a prompt.
This is done so that it does not otherwise disturb your work.
The <STRONG>notify </STRONG>option of the <STRONG>set </STRONG>command causes the shell to print these job
change messages as soon as they occur.
<P>
When the <STRONG>monitor </STRONG>option is on, each background job that completes triggers
any trap set for <STRONG>CHLD</STRONG>.
<P>
When you try to leave the shell while jobs are running or stopped, you
will be warned that `You have stopped(running) jobs.' You may use the <STRONG>jobs
</STRONG>command to see what they are.
If you immediately try to exit again, the shell will not warn you a second
time, and the stopped jobs will be terminated.
When a login shell receives a HUP signal, it sends a HUP signal to each
job that has not been disowned with the <STRONG>disown </STRONG>built-in command described
below.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Signals">Signals.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The <FONT SIZE=-1>INT</FONT> and <FONT SIZE=-1>QUIT</FONT> signals for an invoked command are ignored if the command
is followed by <STRONG>& </STRONG>and the <STRONG>monitor </STRONG>option is not active.
Otherwise, signals have the values inherited by the shell from its parent
(but see also the <STRONG>trap </STRONG>built-in command below).
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Execution">Execution.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>Each time a command is read, the above substitutions are carried out.
If the command name matches one of the <EM>Special Built-in Commands </EM>listed
below, it is executed within the current shell process.
Next, the command name is checked to see if it matches a user defined function.
If it does, the positional parameters are saved and then reset to the arguments
of the <EM>function </EM>call.
A function is also executed in the current shell process.
When the <EM>function </EM>completes or issues a <STRONG>return</STRONG>, the positional parameter
list is restored.
For functions defined with the <STRONG>function </STRONG><EM>name </EM>syntax, any trap set on <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>EXIT
</STRONG></FONT>within the function is executed.
The exit value of a <EM>function </EM>is the value of the last command executed.
If a command name is not a <EM>special built-in command </EM>or a user defined <EM>function</EM>,
but it is one of the built-in commands listed below, it is executed in
the current shell process.
<P>
The shell variable <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PATH </FONT></STRONG>defines the search path for the directory containing
the command.
Alternative directory names are separated by a colon (<STRONG>:</STRONG>).
The default path is <STRONG>/bin:/usr/bin: </STRONG>(specifying <STRONG>/bin</STRONG>, <STRONG>/usr/bin</STRONG>, and the
current directory in that order).
The current directory can be specified by two or more adjacent colons,
or by a colon at the beginning or end of the path list.
If the command name contains a <STRONG>/</STRONG>, then the search path is not used.
Otherwise, each directory in the path is searched for an executable file
that is not a directory.
If the shell determines that there is a built-in version of a command corresponding
to a given pathname, this built-in is invoked in the current process.
A process is created and an attempt is made to execute the command via
<EM>exec</EM>(2).
to be a file containing shell commands.
A separate shell is spawned to read it.
All non-exported variables are removed in this case.
If the shell command file doesn't have read permission, or if the <EM>setuid
whose job it is to set up the permissions and execute the shell with the
shell command file passed down as an open file.
A parenthesized command is executed in a sub-shell without removing non-exported
variables.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Command Re-entry">Command Re-entry.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The text of the last <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>HISTSIZE </FONT></STRONG>(default 128) commands entered from a terminal
device is saved in a <EM>history </EM>file.
The file <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>$HOME</FONT>/.sh_history </STRONG>is used if the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>HISTFILE </FONT></STRONG>variable is not set
or if the file it names is not writable.
A shell can access the commands of all <EM>interactive </EM>shells which use the
same named <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTFILE</STRONG>.
</FONT>The built-in command <STRONG>hist </STRONG>is used to list or edit a portion of this file.
The portion of the file to be edited or listed can be selected by number
or by giving the first character or characters of the command.
A single command or range of commands can be specified.
If you do not specify an editor program as an argument to <STRONG>hist </STRONG>then the
value of the variable <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTEDIT </STRONG></FONT>is used.
If <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTEDIT </STRONG></FONT>is unset, the obsolete variable <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FCEDIT </STRONG></FONT>is used.
If <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FCEDIT </STRONG></FONT>is not defined, then <STRONG>/bin/ed </STRONG>is used.
The edited command(s) is printed and re-executed upon leaving the editor
unless you quit without writing.
The <STRONG>-s </STRONG>option (and in obsolete versions, the editor name <STRONG>- </STRONG>) is used to
skip the editing phase and to re-execute the command.
In this case a substitution parameter of the form <EM>old</EM><STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>new</EM> can be used to
modify the command before execution.
For example, with the preset alias <STRONG>r</STRONG>, which is aliased to <STRONG>'hist -s'</STRONG>, typing
`<STRONG>r bad=good c</STRONG>' will re-execute the most recent command which starts with
the letter <STRONG>c</STRONG>, replacing the first occurrence of the string <STRONG>bad </STRONG>with the
string <STRONG>good</STRONG>.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="In-line Editing Options">In-line Editing Options.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>Normally, each command line entered from a terminal device is simply typed
followed by a <STRONG>new-line</STRONG> (`RETURN' or `LINE FEED').
If either the <STRONG>emacs</STRONG>, <STRONG>gmacs</STRONG>, or <STRONG>vi </STRONG>option is active, the user can edit the
command line.
To be in either of these edit modes <STRONG>set </STRONG>the corresponding option.
An editing option is automatically selected each time the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>VISUAL </STRONG></FONT>or <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>EDITOR
</STRONG></FONT>variable is assigned a value ending in either of these option names.
<P>
The editing features require that the user's terminal accept `RETURN' as
carriage return without line feed and that a space (` ') must overwrite
the current character on the screen.
<P>
The editing modes implement a concept where the user is looking through
a window at the current line.
The window width is the value of <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>COLUMNS </STRONG></FONT>if it is defined, otherwise 80.
If the window width is too small to display the prompt and leave at least
8 columns to enter input, the prompt is truncated from the left.
If the line is longer than the window width minus two, a mark is displayed
at the end of the window to notify the user.
As the cursor moves and reaches the window boundaries the window will be
centered about the cursor.
The mark is a <STRONG>></STRONG> (<<STRONG>, </STRONG><STRONG>*</STRONG>) if the line extends on the right (left, both) side(s)
of the window.
<P>
The search commands in each edit mode provide access to the history file.
Only strings are matched, not patterns, although a leading <STRONG>^ </STRONG>in the string
restricts the match to begin at the first character in the line.
<P>
Each of the edit modes has an operation to list the files or commands that
match a partially entered word.
When applied to the first word on the line, or the first word after a <STRONG>;</STRONG>,
<STRONG>|</STRONG>, <STRONG>&</STRONG>, or <STRONG>(</STRONG>, and the word does not begin with <STRONG>~ </STRONG>or contain a <STRONG>/</STRONG>, the list
of aliases, functions, and executable commands defined by the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PATH </FONT></STRONG>variable
that could match the partial word is displayed.
Otherwise, the list of files that match the given word is displayed.
If the partially entered word does not contain any file expansion characters,
a <STRONG>* </STRONG>is appended before generating these lists.
After displaying the generated list, the input line is redrawn.
These operations are called command name listing and file name listing,
respectively.
There are additional operations, referred to as command name completion
and file name completion, which compute the list of matching commands or
files, but instead of printing the list, replace the current word with
a complete or partial match.
For file name completion, if the match is unique, a <STRONG>/ </STRONG>is appended if the
file is a directory and a space is appended if the file is not a directory.
Otherwise, the longest common prefix for all the matching files replaces
the word.
For command name completion, only the portion of the file names after the
last <STRONG>/ </STRONG>are used to find the longest command prefix.
If only a single name matches this prefix, then the word is replaced with
the command name followed by a space.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Key Bindings">Key Bindings.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>KEYBD </FONT></STRONG>trap can be used to intercept keys as they are typed and change
the characters that are actually seen by the shell.
This trap is executed after each character (or sequence of characters when
the first character is ESC) is entered while reading from a terminal.
generated the trap.
behave as if the new value were entered from the keyboard rather than the
original value.
<P>
at the time of the input.
The variable <STRONG>.sh.edmode </STRONG>is set to ESC when in <STRONG>vi </STRONG>insert mode (see below)
and is null otherwise.
By prepending <STRONG>${.sh.editmode} </STRONG>to a value assigned to <STRONG>.sh.edchar </STRONG>it will
cause the shell to change to control mode if it is not already in this
mode.
<P>
This trap is not invoked for characters entered as arguments to editing
directives, or while reading input for a character search.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Emacs Editing Mode">Emacs Editing Mode.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>This mode is entered by enabling either the <STRONG>emacs </STRONG>or <STRONG>gmacs </STRONG>option.
The only difference between these two modes is the way they handle <STRONG>^T</STRONG>.
To edit, the user moves the cursor to the point needing correction and
then inserts or deletes characters or words as needed.
All the editing commands are control characters or escape sequences.
The notation for control characters is caret (<STRONG>^</STRONG>) followed by the character.
For example, <STRONG>^F </STRONG>is the notation for control <STRONG>F</STRONG>.
This is entered by depressing `f' while holding down the `CTRL' (control)
key.
The `SHIFT' key is <EM>not </EM>depressed.
(The notation <STRONG>^? </STRONG>indicates the DEL (delete) key.) <P>
The notation for escape sequences is <STRONG>M- </STRONG>followed by a character.
For example, <STRONG>M-f </STRONG>(pronounced Meta f) is entered by depressing ESC (ascii
<STRONG>033</STRONG>) followed by `f'.
(<STRONG>M-F </STRONG>would be the notation for ESC followed by `SHIFT' (capital) `F'.)
<P>
All edit commands operate from any place on the line (not just at the beginning).
Neither the `RETURN' nor the `LINE FEED' key is entered after edit commands
except when noted.
<DL COMPACT>
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG>^F </STRONG>
<DD>Move cursor forward (right) one character.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-f </STRONG>
<DD>Move cursor forward one word.
(The <STRONG>emacs </STRONG>editor's idea of a word is a string of characters consisting
of only letters, digits and underscores.)
<DT>
<STRONG>^B </STRONG>
<DD>Move cursor backward (left) one character.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-b </STRONG>
<DD>Move cursor backward one word.
<DT>
<STRONG>^A </STRONG>
<DD>Move cursor to start of line.
<DT>
<STRONG>^E </STRONG>
<DD>Move cursor to end of line.
<DT>
<STRONG>^]</STRONG><EM>char </EM>
<DD>Move cursor forward to character <EM>char </EM>on current line.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-^]</STRONG><EM>char </EM>
<DD>Move cursor backward to character <EM>char </EM>on current line.
<DT>
<STRONG>^X^X </STRONG>
<DD>Interchange the cursor and mark.
<EM><DT>
erase </EM>
<DD>(User defined erase character as defined by the <EM>stty</EM>(1) command, usually
<STRONG>^H </STRONG>or <STRONG>#</STRONG>.) Delete previous character.
<DT>
<STRONG>^D </STRONG>
<DD>Delete current character.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-d </STRONG>
<DD>Delete current word.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-^H </STRONG>
<DD>(Meta-backspace) Delete previous word.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-h </STRONG>
<DD>Delete previous word.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-^? </STRONG>
<DD>(Meta-DEL) Delete previous word (if your interrupt character is <STRONG>^? </STRONG>(DEL,
the default) then this command will not work).
<DT>
<STRONG>^T </STRONG>
<DD>Transpose current character with previous character and advance the cursor
in <EM>emacs </EM>mode.
Transpose two previous characters in <EM>gmacs </EM>mode.
<DT>
<STRONG>^C </STRONG>
<DD>Capitalize current character.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-c </STRONG>
<DD>Capitalize current word.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-l </STRONG>
<DD>Change the current word to lower case.
<DT>
<STRONG>^K </STRONG>
<DD>Delete from the cursor to the end of the line.
If preceded by a numerical parameter whose value is less than the current
cursor position, then delete from given position up to the cursor.
If preceded by a numerical parameter whose value is greater than the current
cursor position, then delete from cursor up to given cursor position.
<DT>
<STRONG>^W </STRONG>
<DD>Kill from the cursor to the mark.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-p </STRONG>
<DD>Push the region from the cursor to the mark on the stack.
<EM><DT>
kill </EM>
<DD>(User defined kill character as defined by the stty command, usually <STRONG>^G
</STRONG>or <STRONG>@</STRONG>.) Kill the entire current line.
If two <EM>kill </EM>characters are entered in succession, all kill characters from
then on cause a line feed (useful when using paper terminals).
<DT>
<STRONG>^Y </STRONG>
<DD>Restore last item removed from line.
(Yank item back to the line.)
<DT>
<STRONG>^L </STRONG>
<DD>Line feed and print current line.
<DT>
<STRONG>^@ </STRONG>
<DD>(Null character) Set mark.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-</STRONG><EM>space </EM>
<DD>(Meta space) Set mark.
<DT>
<STRONG>^J </STRONG>
<DD>(New line) Execute the current line.
<DT>
<STRONG>^M </STRONG>
<DD>(Return) Execute the current line.
<EM><DT>
eof </EM>
<DD>End-of-file character, normally <STRONG>^D</STRONG>, is processed as an End-of-file only
if the current line is null.
<DT>
<STRONG>^P </STRONG>
<DD>Fetch previous command.
Each time <STRONG>^P </STRONG>is entered the previous command back in time is accessed.
Moves back one line when not on the first line of a multi-line command.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-< </STRONG>
<DD>Fetch the least recent (oldest) history line.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-> </STRONG>
<DD>Fetch the most recent (youngest) history line.
<DT>
<STRONG>^N </STRONG>
<DD>Fetch next command line.
Each time <STRONG>^N </STRONG>is entered the next command line forward in time is accessed.
<DT>
<STRONG>^R</STRONG><EM>string </EM>
<DD>Reverse search history for a previous command line containing <EM>string</EM>.
If a parameter of zero is given, the search is forward.
<EM>String </EM>is terminated by a `RETURN' or `NEW LINE'.
If string is preceded by a <STRONG>^</STRONG>, the matched line must begin with <EM>string</EM>.
If <EM>string </EM>is omitted, then the next command line containing the most recent
<EM>string </EM>is accessed.
In this case a parameter of zero reverses the direction of the search.
<STRONG><DT>
^O </STRONG>
<DD>Operate - Execute the current line and fetch the next line relative to
current line from the history file.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-</STRONG><EM>digits </EM>
<DD>(Escape) Define numeric parameter, the digits are taken as a parameter
to the next command.
The commands that accept a parameter are <STRONG>^F</STRONG>, <STRONG>^B</STRONG>, <EM>erase</EM>, <STRONG>^C</STRONG>, <STRONG>^D</STRONG>, <STRONG>^K</STRONG>, <STRONG>^R</STRONG>,
<STRONG>^P</STRONG>, <STRONG>^N</STRONG>, <STRONG>^]</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-.</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-^]</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-_</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-b</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-c</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-d</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-h</STRONG>, <STRONG>M-l </STRONG>and <STRONG>M-^H</STRONG>.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-</STRONG><EM>letter </EM>
<DD>Soft-key - Your alias list is searched for an alias by the name <STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>letter
</EM>and if an alias of this name is defined, its value will be inserted on
the input queue.
The <EM>letter </EM>must not be one of the above meta-functions.
<DT>
<STRONG>M-[</STRONG><EM>letter </EM>
<DD>Soft-key - Your alias list is searched for an alias by the name <STRONG>__</STRONG><EM>letter
</EM>and if an alias of this name is defined, its value will be inserted on
the input queue.
The can be used to program functions keys on many terminals.
<STRONG><DT>
M-.
</STRONG><DD>The last word of the previous command is inserted on the line.
If preceded by a numeric parameter, the value of this parameter determines
which word to insert rather than the last word.
<STRONG><DT>
M-_ </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>M-.</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
M-* </STRONG>
<DD>Attempt file name generation on the current word.
An asterisk is appended if the word doesn't match any file or contain any
special pattern characters.
<STRONG><DT>
M-ESC </STRONG>
<DD>Command or file name completion as described above.
<STRONG><DT>
M-= </STRONG>
<DD>Command or file name listing as described above.
<DT>
<STRONG>^U </STRONG>
<DD>Multiply parameter of next command by 4.
<DT>
<STRONG>\ </STRONG>
<DD>Escape next character.
Editing characters, the user's erase, kill and interrupt (normally <STRONG>^?</STRONG>)
characters may be entered in a command line or in a search string if preceded
by a <STRONG>\</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>\ </STRONG>removes the next character's editing features (if any).
<STRONG><DT>
^V </STRONG>
<DD>Display version of the shell.
<STRONG><DT>
M-# </STRONG>
<DD>If the line does not begin with a <STRONG>#</STRONG>, a <STRONG># </STRONG>is inserted at the beginning of
the line and after each new-line, and the line is entered.
This causes a comment to be inserted in the history file.
If the line begins with a <STRONG>#</STRONG>, the <STRONG># </STRONG>is deleted and one <STRONG># </STRONG>after each new-line
is also deleted.
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Vi Editing Mode">Vi Editing Mode.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>There are two typing modes.
Initially, when you enter a command you are in the <EM>input </EM>mode.
To edit, the user enters <EM>control </EM>mode by typing ESC (<STRONG>033</STRONG>) and moves the
cursor to the point needing correction and then inserts or deletes characters
or words as needed.
Most control commands accept an optional repeat <EM>count </EM>prior to the command.
<P>
When in <STRONG>vi </STRONG>mode on most systems, canonical processing is initially enabled
and the command will be echoed again if the speed is 1200 baud or greater
and it contains any control characters or less than one second has elapsed
since the prompt was printed.
The ESC character terminates canonical processing for the remainder of
the command and the user can then modify the command line.
This scheme has the advantages of canonical processing with the type-ahead
echoing of raw mode.
<P>
If the option <STRONG>viraw </STRONG>is also set, the terminal will always have canonical
processing disabled.
This mode is implicit for systems that do not support two alternate end
of line delimiters, and may be helpful for certain terminals.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Input Edit Commands"> Input Edit Commands </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><DL COMPACT>
By default the editor is in input mode.
<DL COMPACT><EM><DT>
erase </EM>
<DD>(User defined erase character as defined by the stty command, usually <STRONG>^H
</STRONG>or <STRONG>#</STRONG>.) Delete previous character.
<DT>
<STRONG>^W </STRONG>
<DD>Delete the previous blank separated word.
On some systems the <STRONG>viraw</STRONG> option may be required for this to work.
<EM><DT>
eof </EM>
<DD>As the first character of the line causes the shell to terminate unless
the <STRONG>ignoreeof</STRONG> option is set.
Otherwise this character is ignored.
<DT>
<STRONG>^V </STRONG>
<DD>Escape next character.
Editing characters and the user's erase or kill characters may be entered
in a command line or in a search string if preceded by a <STRONG>^V</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>^V </STRONG>removes the next character's editing features (if any).
On some systems the <STRONG>viraw</STRONG> option may be required for this to work.
<DT>
<STRONG>\ </STRONG>
<DD>Escape the next <EM>erase </EM>or <EM>kill </EM>character.
</DL>
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><DT>
<H3><A NAME="Motion Edit Commands"> Motion Edit Commands </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><DL COMPACT>
These commands will move the cursor.
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>l</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor forward (right) one character.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>w</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor forward one alpha-numeric word.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>W</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to the beginning of the next word that follows a blank.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>e</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to end of word.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>E</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to end of the current blank delimited word.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>h</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor backward (left) one character.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>b</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor backward one word.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>B</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to preceding blank separated word.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>|</STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to column <EM>count</EM>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>f</STRONG><EM>c</EM>
<DD>Find the next character <EM>c</EM> in the current line.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>F</STRONG><EM>c</EM>
<DD>Find the previous character <EM>c</EM> in the current line.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>t</STRONG><EM>c</EM>
<DD>Equivalent to <STRONG>f </STRONG>followed by <STRONG>h</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>T</STRONG><EM>c</EM>
<DD>Equivalent to <STRONG>F </STRONG>followed by <STRONG>l</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>;</STRONG>
<DD>Repeats <EM>count </EM>times, the last single character find command, <STRONG>f</STRONG>, <STRONG>F</STRONG>, <STRONG>t</STRONG>, or
<STRONG>T</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>,</STRONG>
<DD>Reverses the last single character find command <EM>count </EM>times.
<STRONG><DT>
0 </STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to start of line.
<STRONG><DT>
^ </STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to first non-blank character in line.
<STRONG><DT>
$ </STRONG>
<DD>Cursor to end of line.
<STRONG><DT>
% </STRONG>
<DD>Moves to balancing <STRONG>(</STRONG>, <STRONG>)</STRONG>, <STRONG>{</STRONG>, <STRONG>}</STRONG>, <STRONG>[</STRONG>, or <STRONG>]</STRONG>.
If cursor is not on one of the above characters, the remainder of the line
is searched for the first occurrence of one of the above characters first.
</DL>
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><DT>
<H3><A NAME="Search Edit Commands"> Search Edit Commands </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><DL COMPACT>
These commands access your command history.
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>k</STRONG>
<DD>Fetch previous command.
Each time <STRONG>k </STRONG>is entered the previous command back in time is accessed.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>-</STRONG>
<DD>Equivalent to <STRONG>k</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>j</STRONG>
<DD>Fetch next command.
Each time <STRONG>j </STRONG>is entered the next command forward in time is accessed.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>+</STRONG>
<DD>Equivalent to <STRONG>j</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>G</STRONG>
<DD>The command number <EM>count </EM>is fetched.
The default is the least recent history command.
<DT>
<STRONG>/</STRONG><EM>string </EM>
<DD>Search backward through history for a previous command containing <EM>string</EM>.
<EM>String </EM>is terminated by a `RETURN' or `NEW LINE'.
If string is preceded by a <STRONG>^</STRONG>, the matched line must begin with <EM>string</EM>.
If <EM>string</EM> is null, the previous string will be used.
<DT>
<STRONG>?</STRONG><EM>string </EM>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>/ </STRONG>except that search will be in the forward direction.
<STRONG><DT>
n </STRONG>
<DD>Search for next match of the last pattern to <STRONG>/ </STRONG>or <STRONG>? </STRONG>commands.
<STRONG><DT>
N </STRONG>
<DD>Search for next match of the last pattern to <STRONG>/ </STRONG>or <STRONG>?</STRONG>, but in reverse direction.
</DL>
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><DT>
<H3><A NAME="Text Modification Edit Commands"> Text Modification Edit Commands </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><DL COMPACT>
These commands will modify the line.
<DL COMPACT><STRONG><DT>
a </STRONG>
<DD>Enter input mode and enter text after the current character.
<STRONG><DT>
A </STRONG>
<DD>Append text to the end of the line.
Equivalent to <STRONG>$a</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>c</STRONG><EM>motion</EM>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
c</STRONG>[<EM>count</EM>]<EM>motion</EM>
<DD>Delete current character through the character that <EM>motion </EM>would move the
cursor to and enter input mode.
If <EM>motion</EM> is <STRONG>c</STRONG>, the entire line will be deleted and input mode entered.
<STRONG><DT>
C </STRONG>
<DD>Delete the current character through the end of line and enter input mode.
Equivalent to <STRONG>c$</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
S </STRONG>
<DD>Equivalent to <STRONG>cc</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>s</STRONG>
<DD>Replace characters under the cursor in input mode.
<STRONG><DT>
D </STRONG>
<DD>Delete the current character through the end of line.
Equivalent to <STRONG>d$</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>d</STRONG><EM>motion</EM>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
d</STRONG>[<EM>count</EM>]<EM>motion</EM>
<DD>Delete current character through the character that <EM>motion </EM>would move to.
If <EM>motion</EM> is <STRONG>d , </STRONG>the entire line will be deleted.
<STRONG><DT>
i </STRONG>
<DD>Enter input mode and insert text before the current character.
<STRONG><DT>
I </STRONG>
<DD>Insert text before the beginning of the line.
Equivalent to <STRONG>0i</STRONG>.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>P</STRONG>
<DD>Place the previous text modification before the cursor.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>p</STRONG>
<DD>Place the previous text modification after the cursor.
<STRONG><DT>
R </STRONG>
<DD>Enter input mode and replace characters on the screen with characters you
type overlay fashion.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>r</STRONG><EM>c</EM>
<DD>Replace the <EM>count </EM>character(s) starting at the current cursor position
with <EM>c</EM>, and advance the cursor.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>x</STRONG>
<DD>Delete current character.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>X</STRONG>
<DD>Delete preceding character.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>.</STRONG>
<DD>Repeat the previous text modification command.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>~</STRONG>
<DD>Invert the case of the <EM>count </EM>character(s) starting at the current cursor
position and advance the cursor.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>_</STRONG>
<DD>Causes the <EM>count </EM>word of the previous command to be appended and input
mode entered.
The last word is used if <EM>count </EM>is omitted.
<STRONG><DT>
* </STRONG>
<DD>Causes an <STRONG>* </STRONG>to be appended to the current word and file name generation
attempted.
If no match is found, it rings the bell.
Otherwise, the word is replaced by the matching pattern and input mode
is entered.
<STRONG><DT>
\ </STRONG>
<DD>Command or file name completion as described above.
</DL>
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><DT>
<H3><A NAME="Other Edit Commands"> Other Edit Commands </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><DL COMPACT>
Miscellaneous commands.
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>y</STRONG><EM>motion</EM>
<DD><STRONG><DT>
y</STRONG>[<EM>count</EM>]<EM>motion</EM>
<DD>Yank current character through character that <EM>motion </EM>would move the cursor
to and puts them into the delete buffer.
The text and cursor are unchanged.
<STRONG><DT>
yy </STRONG>
<DD>Yanks the entire line.
<STRONG><DT>
Y </STRONG>
<DD>Yanks from current position to end of line.
Equivalent to <STRONG>y$</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
u </STRONG>
<DD>Undo the last text modifying command.
<STRONG><DT>
U </STRONG>
<DD>Undo all the text modifying commands performed on the line.
<DT>
[<EM>count</EM>]<STRONG>v</STRONG>
<DD>Returns the command <STRONG>hist -e ${<FONT SIZE=-1>VISUAL</FONT>:-${<FONT SIZE=-1>EDITOR</FONT>:-vi}}</STRONG><EM> count </EM>in the input
buffer.
If <EM>count </EM>is omitted, then the current line is used.
<DT>
<STRONG>^L </STRONG>
<DD>Line feed and print current line.
Has effect only in control mode.
<DT>
<STRONG>^J </STRONG>
<DD>(New line) Execute the current line, regardless of mode.
<DT>
<STRONG>^M </STRONG>
<DD>(Return) Execute the current line, regardless of mode.
<STRONG><DT>
# </STRONG>
<DD>If the first character of the command is a <STRONG>#</STRONG>, then this command deletes
this <STRONG># </STRONG>and each <STRONG># </STRONG>that follows a newline.
Otherwise, sends the line after inserting a <STRONG># </STRONG>in front of each line in
the command.
Useful for causing the current line to be inserted in the history as a
comment and uncommenting previously commented commands in the history file.
<STRONG><DT>
= </STRONG>
<DD>Command or file name listing as described above.
<DT>
<STRONG>@</STRONG><EM>letter </EM>
<DD>Your alias list is searched for an alias by the name <STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>letter </EM>and if an
alias of this name is defined, its value will be inserted on the input
queue for processing.
<DT>
<STRONG>^V </STRONG>
<DD>Display version of the shell.
</DL>
</DL>
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Built-in Commands">Built-in Commands.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>The following simple-commands are executed in the shell process.
Unless otherwise indicated, the output is written on file descriptor 1
and the exit status, when there is no syntax error, is zero.
Except for <STRONG>:</STRONG>, <STRONG>true</STRONG>, <STRONG>false</STRONG>, <STRONG>echo</STRONG>, <STRONG>command</STRONG>, <STRONG>newgrp</STRONG>, and <STRONG>login</STRONG>, all built-in
commands accept <STRONG>-- </STRONG>to indicate end of options.
They also interpret the option <STRONG>-? </STRONG>as a help request and print a <EM>usage </EM>message
on standard error.
Commands that are preceded by one or two § symbols are special built-in
commands and are treated specially in the following ways:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>
1.
<DD>Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the
command completes.
<DT>
2.
<DD>I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
<DT>
3.
<DD>Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
<DT>
4.
<DD>They are not valid function names.
<DT>
5.
<DD>Words following a command preceded by §§ that are in the format of a variable
assignment are expanded with the same rules as a variable assignment.
This means that tilde substitution is performed after the <STRONG>= </STRONG>sign and field
splitting and file name generation are not performed.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>:</STRONG> [ <EM>arg </EM> . . .
]
<DD>The command only expands parameters.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG> .
</STRONG><EM>name </EM><STRONG> [ </STRONG><EM>arg </EM><STRONG> . . .
]
<DD></STRONG>If <EM>name </EM>is a function defined with the <STRONG>function </STRONG><EM>name </EM>reserved word syntax,
the function is executed in the current environment (as if it had been
defined with the <EM>name</EM><STRONG>() </STRONG>syntax.) Otherwise if <EM>name </EM>refers to a file, the
file is read in its entirety and the commands are executed in the current
shell environment.
The search path specified by <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>PATH </FONT></STRONG>is used to find the directory containing
the file.
If any arguments <EM>arg </EM>are given, they become the positional parameters while
processing the <STRONG>.
</STRONG>command and the original positional parameters are restored upon completion.
Otherwise the positional parameters are unchanged.
The exit status is the exit status of the last command executed.
<P>
<DT>
§§ <STRONG>alias</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-ptx</STRONG> ] [ <EM>name</EM>[ <STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>value </EM> ] ]. . .
<DD><STRONG>alias </STRONG>with no arguments prints the list of aliases in the form <EM>name=value
</EM>on standard output.
The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes the word <STRONG>alias </STRONG>to be inserted before each one.
When one or more arguments are given, an <EM>alias </EM>is defined for each <EM>name
</EM>whose <EM>value </EM>is given.
A trailing space in <EM>value </EM>causes the next word to be checked for alias
substitution.
The obsolete <STRONG>-t </STRONG>option is used to set and list tracked aliases.
The value of a tracked alias is the full pathname corresponding to the
given <EM>name</EM>.
The value becomes undefined when the value of <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PATH </STRONG></FONT>is reset but the alias
remains tracked.
Without the <STRONG>-t </STRONG>option, for each <EM>name </EM>in the argument list for which no
<EM>value </EM>is given, the name and value of the alias is printed.
The obsolete <STRONG>-x </STRONG>option has no effect.
The exit status is non-zero if a <EM>name </EM>is given, but no value, and no alias
has been defined for the <EM>name </EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
bg</STRONG> [ <EM>job </EM>. . .
]
<DD>This command is only on systems that support job control.
Puts each specified <EM>job </EM>into the background.
The current job is put in the background if <EM>job </EM>is not specified.
See <EM>Jobs </EM>for a description of the format of <EM>job</EM>.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>break</STRONG> [ <EM>n </EM> ]
<DD>Exit from the enclosing <STRONG>for </STRONG>, <STRONG>while </STRONG>, <STRONG>until </STRONG>, or <STRONG>select </STRONG>loop, if any.
If <EM>n </EM>is specified, then break <EM>n </EM>levels.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
builtin</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-ds</STRONG> ] [ <STRONG>-f</STRONG> <EM>file </EM> ][ <EM>name </EM>. . . ]
<DD>If <EM>name </EM>is not specified, and no <STRONG>-f </STRONG>option is specified, the built-ins
are printed on standard output.
The <STRONG>-s </STRONG>option prints only the special built-ins.
Otherwise, each <EM>name </EM>represents the pathname whose basename is the name
of the built-in.
The entry point function name is determined by prepending <STRONG>b_ </STRONG>to the built-in
name.
Special built-ins cannot be bound to a pathname or deleted.
The <STRONG>-d </STRONG>option deletes each of the given built-ins.
On systems that support dynamic loading, the <STRONG>-f </STRONG>option names a shared library
containing the code for built-ins.
Once a library is loaded, its symbols become available for subsequent invocations
of <STRONG>builtin</STRONG>.
Multiple libraries can be specified with separate invocations of the <STRONG>builtin
</STRONG>command.
Libraries are searched in the reverse order in which they are specified.
When a library is loaded, it looks for a function in the library whose
name is <STRONG>lib_init() </STRONG>and invokes this function with an argument of <STRONG>0</STRONG>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
cd</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-LP</STRONG> ] [ <EM>arg </EM> ]
<DD><STRONG><DT>
cd</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-LP</STRONG> ] <EM>old </EM> <EM>new </EM>
<DD>This command can be in either of two forms.
In the first form it changes the current directory to <EM>arg</EM>.
If <EM>arg </EM>is <STRONG>- </STRONG>the directory is changed to the previous directory.
The shell variable <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>HOME </FONT></STRONG>is the default <EM>arg</EM>.
The variable <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PWD </STRONG></FONT>is set to the current directory.
The shell variable <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>CDPATH </FONT></STRONG>defines the search path for the directory containing
<EM>arg</EM>.
Alternative directory names are separated by a colon (<STRONG>:</STRONG>).
The default path is <STRONG><null> </STRONG>(specifying the current directory).
Note that the current directory is specified by a null path name, which
can appear immediately after the equal sign or between the colon delimiters
anywhere else in the path list.
If <EM>arg </EM>begins with a <STRONG>/</STRONG> then the search path is not used.
Otherwise, each directory in the path is searched for <EM>arg</EM>.
<P>
The second form of <STRONG>cd </STRONG>substitutes the string <EM>new </EM>for the string <EM>old </EM>in
the current directory name, <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PWD</STRONG>, </FONT>and tries to change to this new directory.
<P>
By default, symbolic link names are treated literally when finding the
directory name.
This is equivalent to the <STRONG>-L </STRONG>option.
The <STRONG>-P </STRONG>option causes symbolic links to be resolved when determining the
directory.
The last instance of <STRONG>-L </STRONG>or <STRONG>-P </STRONG>on the command line determines which method
is used.
<P>
The <STRONG>cd </STRONG>command may not be executed by <STRONG>rsh .
</STRONG><STRONG><P>
<DT>
command</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-pvV</STRONG> ] <EM>name </EM> [ <EM>arg </EM> . . . ]
<DD>Without the <STRONG>-v </STRONG>or <STRONG>-V </STRONG>options, <STRONG>command </STRONG>executes <EM>name </EM>with the arguments
given by <EM>arg</EM>.
The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes a default path to be searched rather than the one
defined by the value of <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PATH</STRONG>.
</FONT>Functions will not be searched for when finding <EM>name</EM>.
In addition, if <EM>name </EM>refers to a special built-in, none of the special
properties associated with the leading daggers will be honored.
(For example, the predefined alias <STRONG>redirect='command exec' </STRONG>prevents a script
from terminating when an invalid redirection is given.) With the <STRONG>-v </STRONG>option,
<STRONG>command </STRONG>is equivalent to the built-in <STRONG>whence </STRONG>command described below.
The <STRONG>-V </STRONG>option causes <STRONG>command </STRONG>to act like <STRONG>whence -v</STRONG>.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>continue</STRONG> [ <EM>n </EM> ]
<DD>Resume the next iteration of the enclosing <STRONG>for </STRONG>, <STRONG>while </STRONG>, <STRONG>until </STRONG>, or <STRONG>select
</STRONG>loop.
If <EM>n </EM>is specified, then resume at the <EM>n</EM>-th enclosing loop.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
disown</STRONG> [ <EM>job </EM>. . .
]
<DD>Causes the shell not to send a HUP signal to each given <EM>job</EM>, or all active
jobs if <EM>job </EM>is omitted, when a login shell terminates.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
echo</STRONG> [ <EM>arg </EM> . . .
]
<DD>When the first <EM>arg </EM>does not begin with a -, and none of the arguments contain
a \, then <STRONG>echo </STRONG>prints each of its arguments separated by a space and terminated
by a new-line.
Otherwise, the behavior of <STRONG>echo </STRONG>is system dependent and <STRONG>print </STRONG>or <STRONG>printf
</STRONG>described below should be used.
See <EM>echo</EM>(1) for usage and description.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>eval</STRONG> [ <EM>arg </EM> . . .
]
<DD>The arguments are read as input to the shell and the resulting command(s)
executed.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>exec</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-c</STRONG> ] [ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> <EM>name </EM> ][ <EM>arg </EM>. . . ]
<DD>If <EM>arg </EM>is given, the command specified by the arguments is executed in
place of this shell without creating a new process.
The <STRONG>-c </STRONG>option causes the environment to be cleared before applying variable
assignments associated with the <STRONG>exec </STRONG>invocation.
The <STRONG>-a </STRONG>option causes <EM>name </EM>rather than the first <EM>arg</EM>, to become <STRONG>argv[0]
</STRONG>for the new process.
If <EM>arg </EM>is not given, the effect of this command is to modify file descriptors
In this case, any file descriptor numbers greater than 2 that are opened
with this mechanism are closed when invoking another program.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG><A NAME="exit">exit</A></STRONG>[ <EM>n </EM> ]
<DD>Causes the shell to exit with the exit status specified by <EM>n</EM>.
The value will be the least significant 8 bits of the specified status.
If <EM>n </EM>is omitted, then the exit status is that of the last command executed.
An end-of-file will also cause the shell to exit except for a shell which
has the <STRONG>ignoreeof </STRONG>option (see <A HREF="#set"><STRONG>set </STRONG></A>below) turned on.
<P>
<DT>
§§ <STRONG>export</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-p</STRONG> ] [ <EM>name </EM>[ <STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>value </EM> ] ]. . .
<DD>If <EM>name </EM>is not given, the names and values of each variable with the export
attribute are printed with the values quoted in a manner that allows them
to be re-input.
The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes the word <STRONG>export </STRONG>to be inserted before each one.
Otherwise, the given <EM>name</EM>s are marked for automatic export to the <EM>environment
</EM>of subsequently-executed commands.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
false</STRONG>
<DD>Does nothing, and exits 1.
Used with <STRONG>until </STRONG>for infinite loops.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
fg</STRONG> [ <EM>job </EM>. . .
]
<DD>This command is only on systems that support job control.
Each <EM>job </EM>specified is brought to the foreground and waited for in the specified
order.
Otherwise, the current job is brought into the foreground.
See <EM>Jobs </EM>for a description of the format of <EM>job</EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
getconf</STRONG> [ <EM>name </EM> [ <EM>pathname </EM> ] ]
<DD>Prints the current value of the configuration parameter given by <EM>name</EM>.
The configuration parameters are defined by the IEEE POSIX 1003.1 and IEEE
POSIX 1003.2 standards.
(See <EM>pathconf</EM>(2) and <EM>sysconf</EM>(2).) The <EM>pathname </EM>argument is required for
parameters whose value depends on the location in the file system.
If no arguments are given, <STRONG>getconf </STRONG>prints the names and values of the current
configuration parameters.
The pathname <STRONG>/ </STRONG>is used for each of the parameters that requires <EM>pathname</EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
getopts</STRONG> [ <STRONG> -a</STRONG> <EM>name </EM> ] <EM>optstring vname </EM> [ <EM>arg </EM>. . . ]
<DD>Checks <EM>arg </EM>for legal options.
If <EM>arg </EM>is omitted, the positional parameters are used.
An option argument begins with a <STRONG>+ </STRONG>or a <STRONG>-</STRONG>.
An option not beginning with <STRONG>+ </STRONG>or <STRONG>- </STRONG>or the argument <STRONG>- - </STRONG>ends the options.
<EM>optstring </EM>contains the letters that <STRONG>getopts </STRONG>recognizes.
If a letter is followed by a <STRONG>:</STRONG>, that option is expected to have an argument.
The options can be separated from the argument by blanks.
The option <STRONG>-? </STRONG>causes <STRONG>getopts </STRONG>to generate a usage message on standard error.
The <STRONG>-a </STRONG>argument can be used to specify the name to use for the usage message,
which defaults to <STRONG>$0</STRONG>.
<STRONG><P>
getopts </STRONG>places the next option letter it finds inside variable <EM>vname </EM>each
time it is invoked.
The option letter will be prepended with a <STRONG>+ </STRONG>when <EM>arg </EM>begins with a <STRONG>+</STRONG>.
The index of the next <EM>arg </EM>is stored in <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>OPTIND</STRONG>.
</FONT>The option argument, if any, gets stored in <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>OPTARG</STRONG>.
</FONT><P>
A leading <STRONG>: </STRONG>in <EM>optstring </EM>causes <STRONG>getopts </STRONG>to store the letter of an invalid
option in <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>OPTARG</STRONG>, </FONT>and to set <EM>vname </EM>to <STRONG>? </STRONG>for an unknown option and to <STRONG>:
</STRONG>when a required option is missing.
Otherwise, <STRONG>getopts </STRONG>prints an error message.
The exit status is non-zero when there are no more options.
<P>
There is no way to specify any of the options <STRONG>:</STRONG>, <STRONG>+</STRONG>, <STRONG>-</STRONG>, <STRONG>?</STRONG>, <STRONG>[</STRONG>, and <STRONG>]</STRONG>.
The option <STRONG># </STRONG>can only be specified as the first option.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
hist</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>ename </EM> ] [ <STRONG>-nlr </STRONG> ][ <EM>first </EM>[ <EM>last </EM> ] ]
<DD><STRONG><DT>
hist -s </STRONG> [ <EM>old</EM><STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>new </EM> ] [ <EM>command </EM> ]
<DD>In the first form, a range of commands from <EM>first </EM>to <EM>last </EM>is selected from
the last <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTSIZE </STRONG></FONT>commands that were typed at the terminal.
The arguments <EM>first </EM>and <EM>last </EM>may be specified as a number or as a string.
A string is used to locate the most recent command starting with the given
string.
A negative number is used as an offset to the current command number.
If the <STRONG>-l </STRONG>option is selected, the commands are listed on standard output.
Otherwise, the editor program <EM>ename </EM>is invoked on a file containing these
keyboard commands.
If <EM>ename </EM>is not supplied, then the value of the variable <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTEDIT </STRONG></FONT>is used.
If <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>HISTEDIT </STRONG></FONT>is not set, then <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FCEDIT </STRONG></FONT>(default <STRONG>/bin/ed </STRONG>) is used as the editor.
When editing is complete, the edited command(s) is executed if the changes
have been saved.
If <EM>last </EM>is not specified, then it will be set to <EM>first</EM>.
If <EM>first </EM>is not specified, the default is the previous command for editing
and -16 for listing.
The option <STRONG>-r </STRONG>reverses the order of the commands and the option <STRONG>-n </STRONG>suppresses
command numbers when listing.
In the second form, <EM>command </EM>is interpreted as <EM>first </EM>described above and
defaults to the last command executed.
The resulting command is executed after the optional substitution <EM>old </EM><STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>new </EM>
is performed.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
jobs</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-lnp </STRONG> ] [ <EM>job </EM> . . .
]
<DD>Lists information about each given job; or all active jobs if <EM>job </EM>is omitted.
The <STRONG>-l </STRONG>option lists process ids in addition to the normal information.
The <STRONG>-n </STRONG>option only displays jobs that have stopped or exited since last
notified.
The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes only the process group to be listed.
See <EM>Jobs </EM>for a description of the format of <EM>job</EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
kill</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-s</STRONG> <EM>signame </EM> ] <EM>job </EM> . . .
<DD><STRONG><DT>
kill</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-n</STRONG> <EM>signum </EM> ] <EM>job </EM> . . .
<DD><STRONG><DT>
kill</STRONG> <STRONG>-l</STRONG> [ <EM>sig </EM> . . .
]
<DD>Sends either the TERM (terminate) signal or the specified signal to the
specified jobs or processes.
Signals are either given by number with the <STRONG>-n </STRONG>option or by name with the
<STRONG>-s </STRONG>option (as given in <STRONG><signal.h></STRONG>, stripped of the prefix ``SIG'' with
the exception that SIGCLD is named CHLD).
For backward compatibility, the <STRONG>n </STRONG>and <STRONG>s </STRONG>can be omitted and the number or
name placed immediately after the <STRONG>-</STRONG>.
If the signal being sent is TERM (terminate) or HUP (hangup), then the
job or process will be sent a CONT (continue) signal if it is stopped.
The argument <EM>job </EM>can be the process id of a process that is not a member
of one of the active jobs.
See <EM>Jobs </EM>for a description of the format of <EM>job</EM>.
In the third form, <STRONG>kill -l</STRONG>, if <EM>sig </EM>is not specified, the signal names are
listed.
Otherwise, for each <EM>sig </EM>that is a name, the corresponding signal number
is listed.
For each <EM>sig </EM>that is a number, the signal name corresponding to the least
significant 8 bits of <EM>sig </EM>is listed.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
let</STRONG> <EM>arg </EM> . . .
<DD>Each <EM>arg </EM>is a separate <EM>arithmetic expression </EM>to be evaluated.
See <EM>Arithmetic Evaluation </EM>above, for a description of arithmetic expression
evaluation.
<P>
The exit status is 0 if the value of the last expression is non-zero, and
1 otherwise.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>newgrp</STRONG> [ <EM>arg </EM> . . .
]
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
print</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-Rnprs </STRONG> ] [ <STRONG>-u</STRONG> <EM>unit </EM> ] [ <STRONG>-f</STRONG><EM>format </EM> ][ <EM>arg </EM>. . . ]
<DD>With no options or with option <STRONG>- </STRONG>or <STRONG>- -</STRONG>, each <EM>arg </EM>is printed on standard
output.
The <STRONG>-f </STRONG>option causes the arguments to be printed as described by <STRONG>printf</STRONG>.
In this case, any <STRONG>n</STRONG>, <STRONG>r</STRONG>, <STRONG>R </STRONG>options are ignored.
Otherwise, unless the <STRONG>-R </STRONG>or <STRONG>-r</STRONG>, are specified, the following escape conventions
will be applied: <DL COMPACT><STRONG>
<DT>
\a </STRONG>
<DD>The alert character (ascii <STRONG>07</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\b </STRONG>
<DD>The backspace character (ascii <STRONG>010</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\c </STRONG>
<DD>Causes <STRONG>print </STRONG>to end without processing more arguments and not adding a
new-line.
<STRONG><DT>
\f </STRONG>
<DD>The formfeed character (ascii <STRONG>014</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\n </STRONG>
<DD>The new-line character (ascii <STRONG>012</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\r </STRONG>
<DD>The carriage return character (ascii <STRONG>015</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\t </STRONG>
<DD>The tab character (ascii <STRONG>011</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\v </STRONG>
<DD>The vertical tab character (ascii <STRONG>013</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\E </STRONG>
<DD>The escape character (ascii <STRONG>033</STRONG>).
<STRONG><DT>
\\ </STRONG>
<DD>The backslash character \.
<DT>
<STRONG>\0</STRONG><EM>x </EM>
<DD>The character defined by the 1, 2, or 3-digit octal string given by <EM>x</EM>.
</DL>
<P>
The <STRONG>-R </STRONG>option will print all subsequent arguments and options other than
<STRONG>-n</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes the arguments to be written onto the pipe of the process
spawned with <STRONG>|& </STRONG>instead of standard output.
The <STRONG>-s </STRONG>option causes the arguments to be written onto the history file
instead of standard output.
The <STRONG>-u </STRONG>option can be used to specify a one digit file descriptor unit number
<EM>unit </EM>on which the output will be placed.
The default is 1.
If the option <STRONG>-n </STRONG>is used, no <STRONG>new-line </STRONG>is added to the output.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
printf</STRONG> <EM>format </EM> [ <EM>arg </EM> . . .
]
<DD>The arguments <EM>arg </EM>are printed on standard output in accordance with the
ANSI-C formatting rules associated with the format string <EM>format</EM>.
If the number of arguments exceeds the number of format specifications,
the <STRONG>format </STRONG>string is reused to format remaining arguments.
The following extensions can also be used:
<DL COMPACT>
<P>
<DT>
·
<DD>A <STRONG>%b </STRONG>format can be used instead of <STRONG>%s </STRONG>to cause escape sequences in the
corresponding <EM>arg </EM>to be expanded as described in <STRONG>print.
</STRONG><P>
<DT>
·
<DD>A <STRONG>%P </STRONG>format can be used instead of <STRONG>%s </STRONG>to cause <EM>arg </EM>to be interpreted as
an extended regular expression and be printed as a shell pattern.
<P>
<DT>
·
<DD>A <STRONG>%q </STRONG>format can be used instead of <STRONG>%s </STRONG>to cause the resulting string to
be quoted in a manner than can be reinput to the shell.
<P>
<DT>
·
<DD>The precision field of the <STRONG>%d </STRONG>format can be followed by a <STRONG>.
</STRONG>and the output base.
</DL>
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
pwd</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-LP</STRONG> ]
<DD>Outputs the value of the current working directory.
The <STRONG>-L </STRONG>option is the default; it prints the logical name of the current
directory.
If the <STRONG>-P </STRONG>option is given, all symbolic links are resolved from the name.
The last instance of <STRONG>-L </STRONG>or <STRONG>-P </STRONG>on the command line determines which method
is used.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
read</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-Aprs </STRONG> ] [ <STRONG>-d</STRONG> <EM>delim </EM> ] [ <STRONG>-t</STRONG><EM>timeout </EM> ][ <STRONG>-u</STRONG><EM>unit </EM> ][ <EM>vname</EM><STRONG>?</STRONG><EM>prompt </EM><STRONG> ][ </STRONG><EM>vname </EM><STRONG>. . . ]
<DD></STRONG>The shell input mechanism.
One line is read and is broken up into fields using the characters in <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>IFS
</FONT></STRONG>as separators.
The escape character, <STRONG>\</STRONG>, is used to remove any special meaning for the
next character and for line continuation.
The <STRONG>-d </STRONG>option causes the read to continue to the first character of <EM>delim
</EM>rather than new-line.
In raw mode, <STRONG>-r, </STRONG>the <STRONG>\ </STRONG>character is not treated specially.
The first field is assigned to the first <EM>vname</EM>, the second field to the
second <EM>vname</EM>, etc., with leftover fields assigned to the last <EM>vname</EM>.
The <STRONG>-A </STRONG>option causes the variable <EM>vname </EM>to be unset and each field that
is read to be stored in successive elements of the indexed array <EM>vname.
</EM>The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes the input line to be taken from the input pipe of
a process spawned by the shell using <STRONG>|&</STRONG>.
If the <STRONG>-s </STRONG>option is present, the input will be saved as a command in the
history file.
The option <STRONG>-u </STRONG>can be used to specify a one digit file descriptor unit <EM>unit
</EM>to read from.
The file descriptor can be opened with the <STRONG>exec </STRONG>special built-in command.
The default value of unit <EM>n </EM>is 0.
The option <STRONG>-t </STRONG>is used to specify a timeout in seconds when reading from
a terminal or pipe.
If <EM>vname </EM>is omitted, then <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>REPLY </STRONG></FONT>is used as the default <EM>vname</EM>.
An end-of-file with the <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes cleanup for this process so that
another can be spawned.
If the first argument contains a <STRONG>?</STRONG>, the remainder of this word is used
as a <EM>prompt </EM>on standard error when the shell is interactive.
The exit status is 0 unless an end-of-file is encountered or <STRONG>read </STRONG>has timed
out.
<P>
<DT>
§§ <STRONG>readonly</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-p</STRONG> ] [ <EM>vname</EM>[ <STRONG>=</STRONG><EM>value </EM> ] ]. . .
<DD>If <EM>vname </EM>is not given, the names and values of each variable with the readonly
attribute is printed with the values quoted in a manner that allows them
to be re-inputted.
The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes the word <STRONG>readonly </STRONG>to be inserted before each one.
Otherwise, the given <EM>vname</EM>s are marked readonly and these names cannot
be changed by subsequent assignment.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>return</STRONG> [ <EM>n </EM> ]
<DD>Causes a shell <EM>function </EM>or <STRONG> .</STRONG> script to return to the invoking script with
the exit status specified by <EM>n</EM>.
The value will be the least significant 8 bits of the specified status.
If <EM>n </EM>is omitted, then the return status is that of the last command executed.
If <STRONG>return </STRONG>is invoked while not in a <EM>function </EM>or a <STRONG> .</STRONG> script, then it behaves
the same as <STRONG>exit</STRONG>.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG><A NAME="set">set</A></STRONG>[ <STRONG>±Cabefhkmnopstuvx</STRONG> ] [ <STRONG>±o</STRONG> [ <EM>option </EM> ] ]. . .[ <STRONG>±A</STRONG><EM>vname </EM> ][ <EM>arg </EM>. . . ]
<DD>The options for this command have meaning as follows: <DL COMPACT><STRONG>
<DT>
-A </STRONG>
<DD>Array assignment.
Unset the variable <EM>vname </EM>and assign values sequentially from the <EM>arg </EM>list.
If <STRONG>+A </STRONG>is used, the variable <EM>vname </EM>is not unset first.
<STRONG><DT>
-C </STRONG>
<DD>Prevents redirection <STRONG>> </STRONG>from truncating existing files.
Files that are created are opened with the O_EXCL mode.
Requires <STRONG>>| </STRONG>to truncate a file when turned on.
<STRONG><DT>
-a </STRONG>
<DD>All subsequent variables that are defined are automatically exported.
<STRONG><DT>
-b </STRONG>
<DD>Prints job completion messages as soon as a background job changes state
rather than waiting for the next prompt.
<STRONG><DT>
-e </STRONG>
<DD>If a command has a non-zero exit status, execute the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ERR </STRONG></FONT>trap, if set,
and exit.
This mode is disabled while reading profiles.
<STRONG><DT>
-f </STRONG>
<DD>Disables file name generation.
<STRONG><DT>
-h </STRONG>
<DD>Each command becomes a tracked alias when first encountered.
<STRONG><DT>
-k </STRONG>
<DD>(Obsolete).
All variable assignment arguments are placed in the environment for a command,
not just those that precede the command name.
<STRONG><DT>
-m </STRONG>
<DD>Background jobs will run in a separate process group and a line will print
upon completion.
The exit status of background jobs is reported in a completion message.
On systems with job control, this option is turned on automatically for
interactive shells.
<STRONG><DT>
-n </STRONG>
<DD>Read commands and check them for syntax errors, but do not execute them.
Ignored for interactive shells.
<STRONG><DT>
-o </STRONG>
<DD>The following argument can be one of the following option names: <DL COMPACT><STRONG>
<DT>
allexport </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-a</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
errexit </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-e</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
bgnice </STRONG>
<DD>All background jobs are run at a lower priority.
This is the default mode.
<STRONG><DT>
emacs </STRONG>
<DD>Puts you in an <EM>emacs </EM>style in-line editor for command entry.
<STRONG><DT>
gmacs </STRONG>
<DD>Puts you in a <EM>gmacs </EM>style in-line editor for command entry.
<STRONG><DT>
ignoreeof </STRONG>
<DD>The shell will not exit on end-of-file.
The command <STRONG>exit </STRONG>must be used.
<STRONG><DT>
keyword </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-k</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
markdirs </STRONG>
<DD>All directory names resulting from file name generation have a trailing
<STRONG>/ </STRONG>appended.
<STRONG><DT>
monitor </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-m</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
noclobber </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
noexec </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-n</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
noglob </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-f</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
nolog </STRONG>
<DD>Do not save function definitions in the history file.
<STRONG><DT>
notify </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-b</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
nounset </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-u</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
privileged </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-p</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
verbose </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-v</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
trackall </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-h</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
vi </STRONG>
<DD>Puts you in insert mode of a <EM>vi </EM>style in-line editor until you hit the
escape character <STRONG>033</STRONG>.
This puts you in control mode.
A return sends the line.
<STRONG><DT>
viraw </STRONG>
<DD>Each character is processed as it is typed in <EM>vi </EM>mode.
<STRONG><DT>
xtrace </STRONG>
<DD>Same as <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
<DT>
If no option name is supplied, then thecurrentoptionsettingsareprinted.
<DD></DL>
<STRONG><DT>
-p </STRONG>
<DD>Disables processing of the <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>$HOME</FONT>/.profile </STRONG>file and uses the file <STRONG>/etc/suid_profile
</STRONG>instead of the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ENV </STRONG></FONT>file.
This mode is on whenever the effective uid (gid) is not equal to the real
uid (gid).
Turning this off causes the effective uid and gid to be set to the real
uid and gid.
<STRONG><DT>
-s </STRONG>
<DD>Sort the positional parameters lexicographically.
<STRONG><DT>
-t </STRONG>
<DD>(Obsolete).
Exit after reading and executing one command.
<STRONG><DT>
-u </STRONG>
<DD>Treat unset parameters as an error when substituting.
<STRONG><DT>
-v </STRONG>
<DD>Print shell input lines as they are read.
<STRONG><DT>
-x </STRONG>
<DD>Print commands and their arguments as they are executed.
<STRONG><DT>
- - </STRONG>
<DD>Do not change any of the options; useful in setting <STRONG>$1 </STRONG>to a value beginning
with <STRONG>-</STRONG>.
If no arguments follow this option then the positional parameters are unset.
</DL><P>
As an obsolete feature, if the first <EM>arg </EM>is <STRONG>- </STRONG>then the <STRONG>-x </STRONG>and <STRONG>-v </STRONG>options
are turned off and the next <EM>arg </EM>is treated as the first argument.
Using <STRONG>+ </STRONG>rather than <STRONG>- </STRONG>causes these options to be turned off.
These options can also be used upon invocation of the shell.
The current set of options may be found in <STRONG>$-</STRONG>.
Unless <STRONG>-A </STRONG>is specified, the remaining arguments are positional parameters
and are assigned, in order, to <STRONG>$1 </STRONG><STRONG>$2 </STRONG>. . . .
If no arguments are given, then the names and values of all variables are
printed on the standard output.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>shift</STRONG> [ <EM>n </EM> ]
<DD>The positional parameters from <STRONG>$</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>+1</STRONG> . . .
are renamed <STRONG>$1 </STRONG>. . . , default <EM>n </EM>is 1.
The parameter <EM>n </EM>can be any arithmetic expression that evaluates to a non-negative
number less than or equal to <STRONG>$#</STRONG>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
sleep</STRONG> <EM>seconds </EM>
<DD>Suspends execution for the number of decimal seconds or fractions of a
second given by <EM>seconds</EM>.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>trap'</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-p</STRONG> ] [ <EM>action </EM> ][ <EM>sig </EM> ]. . .
<DD>The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option causes the trap action associated with each trap as specified
by the arguments to be printed with appropriate quoting.
Otherwise, <EM>action </EM>will be processed as if it were an argument to <STRONG>eval </STRONG>when
the shell receives signal(s) <EM>sig</EM>.
Each <EM>sig </EM>can be given as a number or as the name of the signal.
Trap commands are executed in order of signal number.
Any attempt to set a trap on a signal that was ignored on entry to the
current shell is ineffective.
If <EM>action </EM>is omitted and the first <EM>sig </EM>is a number, or if <EM>action </EM>is <STRONG>-</STRONG>,
then the trap(s) for each <EM>sig </EM>are reset to their original values.
If <EM>action </EM>is the null string then this signal is ignored by the shell and
by the commands it invokes.
If <EM>sig </EM>is <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ERR </STRONG></FONT>then <EM>action </EM>will be executed whenever a command has a non-zero
exit status.
If <EM>sig </EM>is <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>DEBUG </STRONG></FONT>then <EM>action </EM>will be executed before each command.
If <EM>sig </EM>is <STRONG>0 </STRONG>or <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>EXIT </STRONG></FONT>and the <STRONG>trap </STRONG>statement is executed inside the body
of a function, then the command <EM>action </EM>is executed after the function completes.
If <EM>sig </EM>is <STRONG>0 </STRONG>or <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>EXIT </STRONG></FONT>for a <STRONG>trap </STRONG>set outside any function then the command
<EM>action </EM>is executed on exit from the shell.
If <EM>sig </EM>is <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>KEYBD</STRONG>, </FONT>then <EM>action </EM>will be executed whenever a key is read while
in <STRONG>emacs</STRONG>, <STRONG>gmacs</STRONG>, or <STRONG>vi </STRONG>mode.
The <STRONG>trap </STRONG>command with no arguments prints a list of commands associated
with each signal number.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
true</STRONG>
<DD>Does nothing, and exits 0.
Used with <STRONG>while </STRONG>for infinite loops.
<P>
<DT>
§§ <STRONG>typeset</STRONG> [ <STRONG>±AHflnprtux </STRONG> ] [ <STRONG>±EFLRZi[ </STRONG><EM>n </EM><STRONG> ] ][ </STRONG><EM>vname </EM><STRONG>[ =</STRONG><EM>value </EM><STRONG> ] ]. . .
<DD></STRONG>Sets attributes and values for shell variables and functions.
When invoked inside a function, a new instance of the variable <EM>vname </EM>is
created.
The variable's value and type are restored when the function completes.
The following list of attributes may be specified: <DL COMPACT><STRONG>
<DT>
-A </STRONG>
<DD>Declares <EM>vname </EM>to be an associative array.
Subscripts are strings rather than arithmetic expressions.
<STRONG><DT>
-E </STRONG>
<DD>Declares <EM>vname </EM>to be a double precision floating point number.
If <EM>n </EM>is non-zero, it defines the number of significant figures that are
used when expanding <EM>vname</EM>.
Otherwise, ten significant figures will be used.
<STRONG><DT>
-F </STRONG>
<DD>Declares <EM>vname </EM>to be a double precision floating point number.
If <EM>n </EM>is non-zero, it defines the number of places after the decimal point
that are used when expanding <EM>vname</EM>.
Otherwise ten places after the decimal point will be used.
<STRONG><DT>
-H </STRONG>
<DD>This option provides UNIX to host-name file mapping on non-UNIX machines.
<STRONG><DT>
-L </STRONG>
<DD>Left justify and remove leading blanks from <EM>value</EM>.
If <EM>n </EM>is non-zero, it defines the width of the field, otherwise it is determined
by the width of the value of first assignment.
When the variable is assigned to, it is filled on the right with blanks
or truncated, if necessary, to fit into the field.
The <STRONG>-R </STRONG>option is turned off.
<STRONG><DT>
-R </STRONG>
<DD>Right justify and fill with leading blanks.
If <EM>n </EM>is non-zero, it defines the width of the field, otherwise it is determined
by the width of the value of first assignment.
The field is left filled with blanks or truncated from the end if the variable
is reassigned.
The <STRONG>-L </STRONG>option is turned off.
<STRONG><DT>
-Z </STRONG>
<DD>Right justify and fill with leading zeros if the first non-blank character
is a digit and the <STRONG>-L </STRONG>option has not been set.
Remove leading zeros if the <STRONG>-L </STRONG>option is also set.
If <EM>n </EM>is non-zero, it defines the width of the field, otherwise it is determined
by the width of the value of first assignment.
<STRONG><DT>
-f </STRONG>
<DD>The names refer to function names rather than variable names.
No assignments can be made and the only other valid options are <STRONG>-t</STRONG>, <STRONG>-u
</STRONG>and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>-t </STRONG>option turns on execution tracing for this function.
The <STRONG>-u </STRONG>option causes this function to be marked undefined.
The <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>FPATH </STRONG></FONT>variable will be searched to find the function definition when
the function is referenced.
<STRONG><DT>
-i </STRONG>
<DD>Declares <EM>vname </EM>to be represented internally as integer.
The right hand side of an assignment is evaluated as an arithmetic expression
when assigning to an integer.
If <EM>n </EM>is non-zero, it defines the output arithmetic base, otherwise the
output base will be ten.
<STRONG><DT>
-l </STRONG>
<DD>All upper-case characters are converted to lower-case.
The upper-case option, <STRONG>-u</STRONG>, is turned off.
<STRONG><DT>
-n </STRONG>
<DD>Declares <EM>vname </EM>to be a reference to the variable whose name is defined
by the value of variable <EM>vname</EM>.
This is usually used to reference a variable inside a function whose name
has been passed as an argument.
<STRONG><DT>
-r </STRONG>
<DD>The given <EM>vname</EM>s are marked readonly and these names cannot be changed
by subsequent assignment.
<STRONG><DT>
-t </STRONG>
<DD>Tags the variables.
Tags are user definable and have no special meaning to the shell.
<STRONG><DT>
-u </STRONG>
<DD>All lower-case characters are converted to upper-case.
The lower-case option, <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, is turned off.
<STRONG><DT>
-x </STRONG>
<DD>The given <EM>vname</EM>s are marked for automatic export to the <EM>environment </EM>of
subsequently-executed commands.
Variables whose names contain a <STRONG><FONT SIZE=+1>.</FONT></STRONG> cannot be exported.
</DL><P>
The <STRONG>-i </STRONG>attribute cannot be specified along with <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-L</STRONG>, <STRONG>-Z</STRONG>, or <STRONG>-f</STRONG>.
<P>
Using <STRONG>+ </STRONG>rather than <STRONG>- </STRONG>causes these options to be turned off.
If no <EM>vname </EM>arguments are given, a list of <EM>vnames </EM>(and optionally the <EM>values </EM>)
of the <EM>variables </EM>is printed.
(Using <STRONG>+ </STRONG>rather than <STRONG>- </STRONG>keeps the values from being printed.) The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option
causes <STRONG>typeset </STRONG>followed by the option letters to be printed before each
name rather than the names of the options.
If any option other than <STRONG>-p </STRONG>is given, only those variables which have all
of the given options are printed.
Otherwise, the <EM>vname</EM>s and <EM>attributes </EM>of all <EM>variables </EM>are printed.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
ulimit</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-HSacdfmnpstv</STRONG> ] [ <EM>limit </EM> ]
<DD>Set or display a resource limit.
The available resource limits are listed below.
Many systems do not support one or more of these limits.
The limit for a specified resource is set when <EM>limit </EM>is specified.
The value of <EM>limit </EM>can be a number in the unit specified below with each
resource, or the value <STRONG>unlimited</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>-H </STRONG>and <STRONG>-S </STRONG>options specify whether the hard limit or the soft limit
for the given resource is set.
A hard limit cannot be increased once it is set.
A soft limit can be increased up to the value of the hard limit.
If neither the <STRONG>H </STRONG>nor <STRONG>S </STRONG>options is specified, the limit applies to both.
The current resource limit is printed when <EM>limit </EM>is omitted.
In this case, the soft limit is printed unless <STRONG>H </STRONG>is specified.
When more than one resource is specified, then the limit name and unit
is printed before the value.
<DL COMPACT><STRONG><DT>
-a </STRONG>
<DD>Lists all of the current resource limits.
<STRONG><DT>
-c </STRONG>
<DD>The number of 512-byte blocks on the size of core dumps.
<STRONG><DT>
-d </STRONG>
<DD>The number of K-bytes on the size of the data area.
<STRONG><DT>
-f </STRONG>
<DD>The number of 512-byte blocks on files that can be written by the current
process or by child processes (files of any size may be read).
<STRONG><DT>
-m </STRONG>
<DD>The number of K-bytes on the size of physical memory.
<STRONG><DT>
-n </STRONG>
<DD>The number of file descriptors plus 1.
<STRONG><DT>
-p </STRONG>
<DD>The number of 512-byte blocks for pipe buffering.
<STRONG><DT>
-s </STRONG>
<DD>The number of K-bytes on the size of the stack area.
<STRONG><DT>
-t </STRONG>
<DD>The number of CPU seconds to be used by each process.
<STRONG><DT>
-v </STRONG>
<DD>The number of K-bytes for virtual memory.
</DL>
<P>
If no option is given, <STRONG>-f </STRONG>is assumed.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
umask</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-S</STRONG> ] [ <EM>mask </EM> ]
<DD>The user file-creation mask is set to <EM>mask </EM>(see <A HREF="umask(2)"><EM>umask</EM>(2)</A>).
<EM>mask </EM>can either be an octal number or a symbolic value as described in
<EM>chmod</EM>(1).
If a symbolic value is given, the new umask value is the complement of
the result of applying <EM>mask </EM>to the complement of the previous umask value.
If <EM>mask </EM>is omitted, the current value of the mask is printed.
The <STRONG>-S </STRONG>option causes the mode to be printed as a symbolic value.
Otherwise, the mask is printed in octal.
<P>
<DT>
§ <STRONG>unalias</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> ] <EM>name </EM> . . .
<DD>The aliases given by the list of <EM>name</EM>s are removed from the alias list.
The <STRONG>-a </STRONG>option causes all the aliases to be unset.
<P>
<DT>
§<STRONG>unset</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-fnv</STRONG> ] <EM>vname </EM> . . .
and attributes are erased.
Readonly variables cannot be unset.
If the <STRONG>-f </STRONG>option is set, then the names refer to <EM>function </EM>names.
If the <STRONG>-v </STRONG>option is set, then the names refer to <EM>variable </EM>names.
The <STRONG>-f </STRONG>option overrides <STRONG>-v</STRONG>.
If <STRONG>-n </STRONG>is set and <EM>name </EM>is a name reference, then <EM>name </EM>will be unset rather
than the variable that it references.
The default is equivalent to <STRONG>-v</STRONG>.
Unsetting <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>LINENO</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>MAILCHECK</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>OPTARG</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>OPTIND</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>RANDOM</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>SECONDS</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>TMOUT</STRONG>, </FONT>and
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>_ </STRONG></FONT>removes their special meaning even if they are subsequently assigned
to.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
wait</STRONG> [ <EM>job </EM> . . .
]
<DD>Wait for the specified <EM>job </EM>and report its termination status.
If <EM>job </EM>is not given, then all currently active child processes are waited
for.
The exit status from this command is that of the last process waited for.
See <EM>Jobs </EM>for a description of the format of <EM>job</EM>.
<STRONG><P>
<DT>
whence</STRONG> [ <STRONG>-afpv</STRONG> ] <EM>name </EM> . . .
<DD>For each <EM>name</EM>, indicate how it would be interpreted if used as a command
name.
<P>
The <STRONG>-v </STRONG>option produces a more verbose report.
The <STRONG>-f </STRONG>options skips the search for functions.
The <STRONG>-p </STRONG>option does a path search for <EM>name </EM>even if name is an alias, a function,
or a reserved word.
The <STRONG>-a </STRONG>option is similar to the <STRONG>-v </STRONG>option but causes all interpretations
of the given name to be reported.
</DL><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Invocation">Invocation.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>If the shell is invoked by <EM>exec</EM>(2), and the first character of argument
zero (<STRONG>$0</STRONG>) is <STRONG>-</STRONG>, then the shell is assumed to be a <EM>login </EM>shell and commands
are read from <STRONG>/etc/profile </STRONG>and then from either <STRONG>.profile </STRONG>in the current
directory or <STRONG><FONT SIZE=-1>$HOME</FONT>/.profile</STRONG>, if either file exists.
Next, for interactive shells, commands are read from the file named by
performing parameter expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic substitution
on the value of the environment variable <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ENV </STRONG></FONT>if the file exists.
If the <STRONG>-s </STRONG>option is not present and <EM>arg </EM>is, then a path search is performed
on the first <EM>arg </EM>to determine the name of the script to execute.
The script <EM>arg </EM>must have read permission and any <EM>setuid </EM>and <EM>setgid </EM>settings
will be ignored.
If the script is not found on the path, <EM>arg </EM>is processed as if it named
a built-in command or function.
Commands are then read as described below; the following options are interpreted
by the shell when it is invoked:
<DL COMPACT>
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG>-c </STRONG>
<DD>If the <STRONG>-c </STRONG>option is present, then commands are read from the first <EM>arg</EM>.
Any remaining arguments become positional parameters starting at <STRONG>0</STRONG>.
<STRONG><DT>
-s </STRONG>
<DD>If the <STRONG>-s </STRONG>option is present or if no arguments remain, then commands are
read from the standard input.
Shell output, except for the output of the <EM>special builtin-in commands
</EM>listed above, is written to file descriptor 2.
<STRONG><DT>
-i </STRONG>
<DD>If the <STRONG>-i </STRONG>option is present or if the shell input and output are attached
to a terminal (as told by <EM>tcgetattr</EM>(2)), then this shell is <EM>interactive</EM>.
In this case <FONT SIZE=-1>TERM</FONT> is ignored (so that <STRONG>kill 0</STRONG> does not kill an interactive
shell) and <FONT SIZE=-1>INTR</FONT> is caught and ignored (so that <STRONG>wait </STRONG>is interruptible).
In all cases, <FONT SIZE=-1>QUIT</FONT> is ignored by the shell.
<STRONG><DT>
-r </STRONG>
<DD>If the <STRONG>-r </STRONG>option is present, the shell is a restricted shell.
<STRONG><DT>
-D </STRONG>
<DD>A list of all double quoted strings that are preceded by a <STRONG>$ </STRONG>will be printed
on standard output and the shell will exit.
This set of strings will be subject to language translation when the locale
is not C or POSIX.
No commands will be executed.
<P>
<DT>
<STRONG>-I</STRONG><EM> filename </EM>
<DD>The <STRONG>-R </STRONG><EM>filename </EM>option is used to generate a cross reference database that
can be used by a separate utility to find definitions and references for
variables and commands.
</DL>
<P>
The remaining options and arguments are described under the <STRONG>set </STRONG>command
above.
An optional <STRONG>- </STRONG>as the first argument is ignored.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="Rsh Only">Rsh Only.
</A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT><EM>Rsh </EM>is used to set up login names and execution environments whose capabilities
are more controlled than those of the standard shell.
The actions of <STRONG>rsh </STRONG>are identical to those of <STRONG>sh </STRONG>, except that the following
are disallowed:
<DL COMPACT>
<BR>
changing directory (see <A HREF="cd(1)"><EM>cd</EM>(1)</A>), <BR>
setting or unsetting the value or attributes of <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>SHELL</STRONG>, </FONT><FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ENV</STRONG>, </FONT>or <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>PATH</STRONG></FONT><FONT SIZE=-2>0, </FONT><BR>
specifying path or command names containing <STRONG>/</STRONG>, <BR>
redirecting output (<STRONG>></STRONG>, <STRONG>>|</STRONG>, <STRONG><></STRONG>, and <STRONG>>></STRONG>).
<BR>
adding or deleting built-in commands.
</DL><P>
The restrictions above are enforced after <STRONG>.profile</STRONG> and the <FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG>ENV </STRONG></FONT>files are
interpreted.
<P>
When a command to be executed is found to be a shell procedure, <STRONG>rsh </STRONG>invokes
<EM>sh </EM>to execute it.
Thus, it is possible to provide to the end-user shell procedures that have
access to the full power of the standard shell, while imposing a limited
menu of commands; this scheme assumes that the end-user does not have write
and execute permissions in the same directory.
<P>
The net effect of these rules is that the writer of the <STRONG>.profile </STRONG>has complete
control over user actions, by performing guaranteed setup actions and leaving
the user in an appropriate directory (probably <EM>not </EM>the login directory).
<P>
that can be safely invoked by <STRONG>rsh</STRONG>.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="EXIT STATUS">EXIT STATUS </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>Errors detected by the shell, such as syntax errors, cause the shell to
return a non-zero exit status.
Otherwise, the shell returns the exit status of the last command executed
(see also the <A HREF="#exit"><STRONG>exit </STRONG></A>command above).
If the shell is being used non-interactively, then execution of the shell
file is abandoned.
Run time errors detected by the shell are reported by printing the command
or function name and the error condition.
If the line number that the error occurred on is greater than one, then
the line number is also printed in square brackets (<STRONG>[]</STRONG>) after the command
or function name.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="FILES">FILES </A></H3>
$HOME</FONT>/<STRONG>.</STRONG>profile <BR>
<P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>cat(1), cd(1), chmod(1), cut(1), echo(1), emacs(1), env(1), gmacs(1), newgrp(1),
stty(1), test(1), umask(1), vi(1), dup(2), exec(2), fork(2), ioctl(2),
lseek(2), paste(1), pathconf(2), pipe(2), sysconf(2), umask(2), ulimit(2),
wait(2), rand(3), a.out(5), profile(5), environ(7).
<P>
Morris I.
Bolsky and David G.
Korn, <EM>The New KornShell Command and Programming Language</EM>, Prentice Hall,
1995.
<EM><P>
IEEE, 1993.
<FONT SIZE=-1><STRONG><P>
<DT>
<H3><A NAME="CAVEATS">CAVEATS </A></H3>
<DD></STRONG></FONT>If a command is executed, and then a command with the same name is installed
in a directory in the search path before the directory where the original
command was found, the shell will continue to <EM>exec </EM>the original command.
Use the <STRONG>-t </STRONG>option of the <STRONG>alias </STRONG>command to correct this situation.
<P>
Some very old shell scripts contain a <STRONG>^ </STRONG>as a synonym for the pipe character
<STRONG>|</STRONG>.
<P>
Using the <STRONG>hist </STRONG>built-in command within a compound command will cause the
whole command to disappear from the history file.
<P>
The built-in command <STRONG> .</STRONG> <EM>file </EM> reads the whole file before any commands
are executed.
Therefore, <STRONG>alias </STRONG>and <STRONG>unalias </STRONG>commands in the file will not apply to any
commands defined in the file.
<P>
Traps are not processed while a job is waiting for a foreground process.
Thus, a trap on <STRONG>CHLD </STRONG>won't be executed until the foreground job terminates.
<P>
It is a good idea to leave a space after the comma operator in arithmetic
expressions to prevent the comma from being interpreted as the decimal
point character in certain locales.
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