sh vs bash.. what is different?

[morphman]

Ok so i foolishly made a 6 page script in bash for a system that is running sh (i didnt know this till i tried to run the script). Does anyone know if the syntax for case statements, while loops, or if statements is different in sh than it is in bash? My script sure as blazes is not working right and im having trouble finding any differences in the syntax. It looks like the syntax should be the relatively the same between the two shells (at least the man pages are leading me to that conclusion). Anyone had this problem before? Thanks for any help!

--Morphman, infinite fountain of questions

[redhead]

On most systems, theres not that big difference:

redhead@sindre{51} ~> ll /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 nov 8 2001 /bin/sh -> bash*
redhead@sindre{52} ~>

But on others, sh is a stripped version of bash, meaning some of the neat functioning features found in bash is missing.
How ever, the case/while/for statements in the two languages are the same, you still have your

case x in
y) something;;
esac

for x in y; do
something
done

while (x) do
something
end

if [ x ]; then
something
fi

It could be if you use an unnoted -eq/-ne/-lt (altho these are valid in both)

[Feztaa]

[quote author=redhead link=board=9;threadid=3715;start=0#37560 date=1023743852]But on others, sh is a stripped version of bash[/quote]

Actually, sh came first. Bash is an enhanced version of it.

[Ashcrow]

[quote author=Feztaa link=board=9;threadid=3715;start=0#37624 date=1023774218]
[quote author=redhead link=board=9;threadid=3715;start=0#37560 date=1023743852]But on others, sh is a stripped version of bash[/quote]

Actually, sh came first. Bash is an enhanced version of it.
[/quote]

True, but in todays computer world sh is kind of muddled. You'll find that sometimes sh is a link to bash or ksh93, or even to zsh while other times it is actually some version of sh.

[Feztaa]

[quote author=Ashcrow link=board=9;threadid=3715;start=0#37630 date=1023776580]True, but in todays computer world sh is kind of muddled.[/quote]

Yes, sh is just a link to whatever shell they want to use.

You'll find that sometimes sh is a link to bash or ksh93, or even to zsh while other times it is actually some version of sh.

When sh is a link to bash, bash runs in sh compatability mode...