Determine version of ksh? 1

[jouell]

How would i do this seemingly simple task?

 

[PHV]

what /bin/ksh

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[chipperMDW]

Try

ksh --version

or

ksh -v

Check the man page to see which command is correct, or if there's a different one.

 

[ericbrunson]

If you're in a ksh shell, Control-V.

 

[PHV]

ericbrunson, even in vi mode ?

 

[ericbrunson]

Hmmm, don't use it, so I wouldn't know. I'm guessing from your post, no.

 

[predamarcel]

hi,
you can try:
ksh -c 'echo $KSH_VERSION'



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[ericbrunson]

Who uses vi mode? emacs mode is so much more powerful

 

[PHV]

Who uses vi mode?
At least me ;-)

 

[jouell]

Well I have heard half most of those replies before, and so far none had worked (the commands return an empty string), except for the "what" command which tells me too much about files other than ksh...It makes me think my OS (tru64) is to blame...

Any other ideas?

-john

 

[hoinz]

No, Tru64 is not to blame.
Currently I work with Tru64 V5.x, and from the replies given above there is one (and only one) solution that works for me: cntrl-v.
And I remember having seen it with Digital Unix V4.x and even V3.x.

So let's see why it shouldn't work for you.
Two ideas:
1) Are you in vi mode?
If so, type 'set -o emacs' and try again.
2) Is cntrl-v used for anything else?
You could verify with 'stty -a'

hope this helps

 

[jouell]

OK well hoinz, you win a prize your answer was the only one that worked.

And it looks like ksh 88:
Version M-11/16/88f

THANKS!!
-John

 

[hoinz]

Thanks;
glad to see it worked.