Error-- : " bad string"

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi All,

wen i am running a script . its giveing the below error and hanging there

Bad string

*******************

                    Please enter the following details one by one
                    \---------------------------------------------
                             First name : Sanjay
                              Last name : Acharya
                                    SSO : 501224845
                    Case Number  : H033109_5417426

############## Choice of Type of User ID ################

  1. Normal User ID
  2. Batch User ID
    Please Enter the Choice : 1
    Checking any ID existing with the entered SSO(501224845)
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Bad string

Although on all other servers its working fine.
Thanx in Advance

2

Please post the script that is giving you problems.

3

Thanks cfajohnson.

actually script is very long ( 1500 lines) .
actualy its working fine on all others servers (55 servers).

I am not getting the root cause of not working of it.

as te servre is also solaris 10. E25 K.

please let me know if you get something on it.

4

On Solaris, there's a good chance that the script requires a POSIX shell, but is running /bin/sh, which is not a standard shell on Solaris. Try running it with /usr/xpg4/bin/sh instead.

If that doesn't help, post an extract of the script that displays the problem.

5

Thanks sir.
with this shell, did not get that error. But getting beow error

./createid.sh[103]: userid=${fname:0:1}${lname:0:7}: bad substitution

fname : its taking first letter of first name
lname : its taking 7 letters of last name

6

this looks like a /usr/bin/bash

7

Hi vgersh99,

Yep . This syntax works fine in /bin/bash