MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2
sh(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities sh(1)
Message: <<name unclosed
Cause: The shell encountered an end of file character while reading a here document
before it encountered name.
Action: Make sure that name appears in the text of the input file.
Message: ambiguous redirection
Cause: You specified a target for a redirection that required word expansion and
expanded to more than one word.
Action: Make sure that any targets requiring word expansion expand to only one word.
Message: assign only to variable
Cause: You specified an assignment where the left hand side that was not a variable.
Action: Only use the assignment operators to assign values to variables.
Message: bad ${} modifier
Cause: You specified an invalid modifier in a ${} construct.
Action: Check the Parameter Substitution subsection for a list of valid modifiers in
${} constructs.
Message: bad file descriptor "fd"
Cause: You tried to read from, or write to, the file descriptor fd which was not open for
that operation.
Action: Open the file descriptor fd for the appropriate operation.
Cause: Invalid string given where a number was expected. (
MAILCHECK
,
TMOUT
,
OPTIND
,
HISTSIZE
, and
COLUMNS
environment variables, or array sub-
script.)
Action: Specify a decimal number (containing only the digits ’0’ through ’9’) to the
appropriate environment variables or subscripts.
Message: bad shift count expr
Cause: You specified an expression that did not evaluate to a number in the range from
0 to the number of remaining positional parameters.
Action: Specify an expression that evaluate to a number in the range from 0 to the num-
ber of remaining positional parameters.
Message: base must be in [2,36]
Cause: You specified a base that was not in the range 2 to 36.
Action: Specify a base in the 2 to 36 range.
Message: base "number" not in [2,36]
Cause: You used the –i option of typeset to specify a base for an integer, but the
base was not in the range from 2 to 36.
Action: Specify a base in the range from 2 to 36.
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