Re: [PLUG] bash command missing

["W. Chris Shank" <shankwc@acetechgroup.com>]

yes. it wasn't working in my script because it wasn't installed. it never occured to me it was a separate install entirely - I assumed it was built into bash or something. of course apt-get install bc solved it.



----- Original Message -----
From: Brent Saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:20:07 PM GMT-0500
Subject: Re: [PLUG] bash command missing

would this explain the initial problem, though, of why "bc" isn't working with his script?

On 8/30/07, Claude M. Schrader < plug@claudeschrader.com> wrote:

What changed in ubuntu was that /bin/sh now links to dash, so scripts use
the much more efficient dash, but users still get Bash for their
interactive shell
Claude

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

On 14:02 Thu 30 Aug     , Brent Saner wrote:
>    i was under the impression it uses dash now, and dash is planned for
>    release in upcoming debian...
>
>    On 8/30/07, Chad Waters <[1] chad@chadwaters.com > wrote:
>
>      On 8/30/07, Brent Saner  wrote:
>      > wasn't there some discussion on bash not being included with
>      ubuntu a  bit
>      > ago?
>      >
>      > i'm not sure which release it started with. you might want to be
>      100% sure
>      > you're using the bash shell first
>      >
>      bash is the default shell in Ubuntu.
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