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In my .kshrc I would like to know if the shell "dotting" me in is
interactive or batch. Depending on this switch I'll either print
a prompt or not, or a title to an xterm window. Basically if you do
a set -o it prints a list of options, so you grep for interactive
and look for on or off. Is there another way?

Thanks!
Vijay Bajwa

: In my .kshrc I would like to know if the shell "dotting" me in is
: interactive or batch. Depending on this switch I'll either print
: a prompt or not, or a title to an xterm window. Basically if you do
: a set -o it prints a list of options, so you grep for interactive
: and look for on or off. Is there another way?

: Thanks!
: Vijay Bajwa

if [ "$USER" = "" -o "$PS1" = "" ]; then
     #should be non-interactive
else
     #should be interactive
fi

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Quote:>In my .kshrc I would like to know if the shell "dotting" me in is
>interactive or batch. Depending on this switch I'll either print
>a prompt or not, or a title to an xterm window. Basically if you do
>a set -o it prints a list of options, so you grep for interactive
>and look for on or off. Is there another way?

'test -t 0' will tell you if the standard input is attached
to a terminal.

if test -t 0
then
    echo "Prompt: \c"
fi

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David A. Moore

 > In my .kshrc I would like to know if the shell "dotting" me in
 > is interactive or batch. Depending on this switch I'll either
 > print a prompt or not, or a title to an xterm window. Basically
 > if you do a set -o it prints a list of options, so you grep for
 > interactive and look for on or off. Is there another way?

The preset variable $- contains the ksh invocation flags.
Example:

    $ print $-
    ism

If the output contains an "i" the shell is interactive.

if [[ $- = *i* ]]
then
    print Shell is interactive
else
    print Shell is NOT interactive
fi

Heiner
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