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====== The exec builtin command ======
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===== Synopsis =====
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<code>exec [-a NAME] [-cl] [COMMAND] [ARG...] [REDIRECTION...]</code>
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===== Description =====
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The ''exec'' builtin command is used to
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* **replace** the shell with a given program (executing it, **not as new process**)
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* set redirections for the program to execute or for the current shell
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If only redirections are given, the redirections affect the current shell without executing any program.
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==== Options ====
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^Option^Description^
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|''-a NAME'' |Passes ''NAME'' as zeroth argument for the program to be executed |
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|''-c'' |Execute the program with an empty (cleared) environment |
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|''-l'' |Prepends a dash (''-'') to the zeroth argument of the program to be executed, similar to what the ''login'' program does |
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==== Exit status ====
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* on redirection errors it returns 1, otherwise 0
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* on exec failures:
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* a non-interactive shell terminates; if the [[internals:shell_options#execfail | shell option execfail]] is set ''exec'' returns failure
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* in an interactive shell, ''exec'' returns failure
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===== Examples =====
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==== Wrapper around a program ====
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<code bash>
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myprog=/bin/ls
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echo "This is the wrapper script, it will exec $myprog"
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# do some vodoo here, probably change the arguments etc.
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# well, stuff a wrapper is there for
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exec "$myprog" "$@"
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</code>
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==== Open a file as input for the script ====
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<code bash>
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# open it
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exec 3< input.txt
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# for example: read one line from the file(-descriptor)
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read -u 3 LINE
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# or
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read LINE <&3
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# finally, close it
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exec 3<&-
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</code>
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==== Overall script logfile ====
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To redirect the whole ''stdout'' and ''stderr'' of the shell or shellscript to a file, you can use the ''exec'' builtin command:
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<code bash>
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exec >/var/adm/my.log 2>&1
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# script continues here...
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</code>
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===== Portability considerations =====
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*POSIX(r) specifies error code ranges:
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* if ''exec'' can't find the program to execute, the error code shall be 126
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* on a redirection error, the error code shall be between 1 and 125
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* the ''-a NAME'' option appeared in Bash 4.2-alpha
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* POSIX(r) does **not** specify any options for ''exec'' (like ''-c'', ''-l'', ''-a NAME'').
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===== See also =====
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* [[syntax:redirection]]
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