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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Bourne Shell Comments Problem
Keywords: Bourne Shell UNIX Problem
Message-ID: <3214@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 24 Sep 88 01:29:59 GMT
References: <292@dsacng1.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
Lines: 17

In article <292@dsacng1.UUCP> nab1382@dsacng1.UUCP (Dick Hauser) writes:
}... The comment indicator (i.e #) is
}in position 1 of the first record of the file.  The comment line
}was followed by a read command for a varibale.  When the shell  
}was executed using "sh -x shellname", everything worked.  But
}when the shell is executed, and execution is not traced, an error
}message "read not found" is displayed.

Sounds like you're executing the wrong shell.  Try using ": #" instead of
"#" for your comments (especially on line 1).  This should force Bourne
shell execution.

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