Hi,
I have this peice of code that does not work on SunOS. Can anyone tell why?

#! /bin/sh
showdate=05042003

echo $showdate
aday="`expr ${showdate:0:2}`"
echo "day is $aday"
exit 0


if i do it from command line like
bash$ >showdate=05042003
bash$ >aday="`expr ${showdate:0:2}`"
bash$ >echo $aday
05

i get correct answer but it does not work in script.

all answers are welcome.

dove17

In your command line example, you are using the "bash" shell. However, in your script you are forcing the script to use "sh" shell by including #!/bin/sh.
Change it to #!/bin/bash (or wherever bash shell is installed on your system) and you should see identical results.