Giving wrong output with sh but correct output with command entry in Ubuntu
 

Hi there,

I want to execute the command as below using sh:
printf '"NA" [slash]"\\t"[modulus].0s' {1..4}

PS: Sorry I have to put a "modulus" and "slash" up there because the symbols are missing in the message.

which will give output as below that I want:
"NA" "\t""NA" "\t""NA" "\t""NA" "\t"

I could execute the file using sh in Fedora. However, when I run sh in Ubuntu, it shows the incorrect output below:
"NA" [slash]"\t[slash]"

When I execute the command, it could give exactly what I want.

This happens in Ubuntu but not in Fedora. Anyone has any idea how to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

I think on Ubuntu sh is symlinked (or replaced ?) with dash.
On my Centos, which should probably be the same as Fedora, both 'sh' and 'bash' work, although I did have to add one more '\'
HTH

Hi Chris,

Appreciate your help. It works with bash but not with sh or dash. I wrote the script in Fedora and this is the first time I execute it in Ubuntu. :)

Rgds,
Louis

Hi Louis,

Can you confirm this by running the command below. What is the output?

ls -la /bin/sh