bash version (novice question)

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3 total messages Started by Raul Deluth Rockwell Wed, 15 Nov 1989 01:07

#718

Author: Raul Deluth Rockwell
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 01:07

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How do you tell which version of bash you are running?

I'm using a version which one of the systems people here installed
that has such wonderful features as '# is not a comment character'.
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Re: bash version (novice question)

#720

Author: Tony Li
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 06:56

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In article <RAULMILL.89Nov14170745@usc.edu> raulmill@usc.edu (Raul Deluth Rockwell) writes:
    How do you tell which version of bash you are running?
    
    I'm using a version which one of the systems people here installed
    that has such wonderful features as '# is not a comment character'.
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One way is to ask your systems person.  In your case, it's version 1.01.

Tony
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bash version (novice question)

#723

Author: Brian Fox
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 09:47

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   Date: 15 Nov 89 01:07:45 GMT
   From: raulmill@usc.edu  (Raul Deluth Rockwell)
   Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
   Sender: bug-bash-request@prep.ai.mit.edu

   How do you tell which version of bash you are running?

echo $BASH_VERSION

   I'm using a version which one of the systems people here installed
   that has such wonderful features as '# is not a comment character'.

This is a deliberate feature if you are talking about interactive use.
If Bash doesn't ignore comments in shell scripts, then it is a bug.

Brian

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