What is the difference between the following two commands, when run on AIX?
/bin/sh 'ls -l -R'
/bin/sh -c 'ls -l -R'
What is the difference between the following two commands, when run on AIX? /bin/sh
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What is the difference between the following two commands, when run on AIX?
/bin/sh 'ls -l -R'
/bin/sh -c 'ls -l -R'
On AIX,
/bin/shdefaults to the Korn Shell (ksh).With ksh, this runs the shell, telling it to execute the script named
ls -l -R(in the current directory or on the path). If no script can be found with this name, ksh treats the argument as a command and runs it.Note that with bash, if the script cannot be found, this would result in an error.
This starts a new instance of the shell, telling it to run the command
ls -l -R.