Variable assignment in sh
James B. Byrne
byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca
Tue Jan 31 15:06:46 UTC 2017
Why am I getting this result when I attempt a simple variable
assignment in the default sh?
# ENV=$HOME/.shrc; export ENV
ENV=/root/.shrc: Command not found.
export: Command not found.
This example is taken verbatim from the sh manpage provided with FreeBSD.
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