#!/bin/sh and #!/bin/bash is not the same

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On 8/20/2016 1:42 PM, Morten Kjærulff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I thought that #!/bin/sh in a script would be a bash, but it seems not
> to be - or what am I doing wrong?
> 

If you want to ensure that you have a particular flavor of shell then
don't use /bin/sh.  The reason to use /bin/sh is that POSIX ensures it
exists but it doesn't have to be bash, even on Linux.  For a generic
shell script use ksh syntax, you'll find that it gets you further and is
supported by bash.

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