Bourne Shell Comments Problem

[The Polymath]

In article <292 at dsacng1.UUCP> nab1382 at 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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