"List" question

[jescat]

I am running this script in AIX (tried SH, KSH). I would like to pass in a comma deliminted list and have the script parse the list. I ran this same script in an HPUX environment and it works perfectly. I thought if I used the same shell it wouldnt matter what flavor of Unix it was on (obviously I was incorrect).

send_page() {
for DBA in ${1}; do
echo in
echo $DBA
case $DBA in
jesse) echo "jesse";;
mika) echo "mika";;
esac
done
}
send_page "$1"

At the command I type "t.sh jesse"

output is:

in
jesse
jesse

This is correct

When I run "t.sh "{jesse,mika}"

output is:

in
{jesse,mika}

This is not correct I expected the following results

in
jesse
jesse
mika
mika

I have tried different variation with the syntax and nothing seems to work. As I said this scripts works perfectly on HP so how do I port this functionality over to AIX.

Thanks
JS

 

[PHV]

I get this output with my ksh:
in
jesse
jesse
in
mika
mika

 

[jescat]

Ummm..interesting.

Are using AIX/HP/Sun. I originally built this script in HP and like I said it worked fine. I am currently working in an AIX environment and I am getting the bizarre results I noted.

JS

 

[Annihilannic]

Are you certain it is running under Ksh? If you don't have a #!/bin/ksh shebang line at the beginning of the script it may be defaulting to run it in sh, even if the calling shell is Ksh.

Annihilannic.

 

[jescat]

Here is the script:

#!/bin/ksh
send_page() {
for DBA in ${1}; do
echo in
echo $DBA
case $DBA in
jesse) echo "jesse";;
mika) echo "mika";;
esac
done
}
send_page "$1"


$t.sh jesse
in
jesse
jesse


$t.sh {jesse,mika}
in
{jesse,mika}

 

[jescat]

I got it, there is another Korn shell (ksh93) that they have. I used this one and it works appropriately.

Thanks
JS

 

[SamBones]

Try this...

#!/bin/ksh
send_page() {
IFS=,
for DBA in ${1}; do
   echo in
   echo $DBA
   case $DBA in
      jesse) echo "jesse";;
      mika) echo "mika";;
   esac
done
}
send_page "$1"

And don't run it with the braces around the names. Try this...

$ t.sh jesse,mika
in
jesse
jesse
in
mika
mika

Hope this helps.