scripting question

[jeffrey_n_Dyke at Keane.com]

Ajai Khattri <ajai at bway.net> wrote:On Thu, 29 Apr 2004
jeffrey_n_Dyke at Keane.com wrote:

> 2. is there a way to run exec without it exiting the current shell
after
> the command ends?

exec replaces the current process with the one you are execing (so
the
shell is gone). If you want to return to the shell after running a
command
then do not use exec.

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Aj.
Sys. Admin / Developer

AJ is correct. However, depends on what you want to do. In ksh for
instance; exec < text_file will open a file descriptor for reading
(text_file) and will not "replace" the parent shell.
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Thanks for the comments.  I realize that AJ is indeed correct, and exec is
supposed to work that way, Which is why i asked if there was a way around
it. Assuming no...So, let me get back to the first part of my question.  Is
there a way to execute a command in a loop via graves (or any other method)
and NOT loose the newline characters.

The command i'm running in a loop is lsvg -p $volume_group_name.  i'm
building that line based on an lsvg of all the volume groups.

Thanks again.
Jeff
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Nix

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