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exec(1)				 User Commands			       exec(1)

NAME
       exec, eval, source - shell built-in functions to execute other commands

SYNOPSIS
   sh
       exec [argument...]

       eval [argument...]

   csh
       exec command

       eval argument...

       source [-h] name

   ksh
       *exec [arg...]

       *eval [arg...]

DESCRIPTION
   sh
       The  exec  command  specified  by the arguments is executed in place of
       this shell without creating a new process. Input/output	arguments  may
       appear and, if no other arguments are given, cause the shell input/out‐
       put to be modified.

       The arguments to the eval built-in are read as input to the  shell  and
       the resulting command(s) executed.

   csh
       exec executes command in place of the current shell, which terminates.

       eval reads its arguments as input to the shell and executes the result‐
       ing command(s). This is usually used to execute commands	 generated  as
       the result of command or variable substitution.

       source  reads commands from name. source commands may be nested, but if
       they are nested too deeply the shell may run out of  file  descriptors.
       An  error  in  a sourced file at any level terminates all nested source
       commands.

       -h	Place commands from the file name on the history list  without
		executing them.

   ksh
       With  the  exec built-in, if arg is given, the command specified by the
       arguments is executed in place of this shell  without  creating	a  new
       process.	 Input/output  arguments  may  appear  and  affect the current
       process. If no arguments are given the effect of	 this  command	is  to
       modify  file  descriptors as prescribed by the input/output redirection
       list.  In this case, any file descriptor numbers greater	 than  2  that
       are  opened  with  this mechanism are closed when invoking another pro‐
       gram.

       The arguments to eval are read as input to the shell and the  resulting
       command(s) executed.

       On  this	 man  page,  ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two *
       (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:

       1.  Variable assignment lists preceding the command  remain  in	effect
	   when the command completes.

       2.  I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.

       3.  Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.

       4.  Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of
	   a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a	 vari‐
	   able	 assignment.  This  means that tilde substitution is performed
	   after the = sign and word splitting and file	 name  generation  are
	   not performed.

EXIT STATUS
       For ksh:

       If  command  is not found, the exit status is 127. If command is found,
       but is not an executable utility, the exit status is 126.  If  a	 redi‐
       rection	error occurs, the shell exits with a value in the range 1-125.
       Otherwise, exec returns a zero exit status.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10			  17 Jul 2002			       exec(1)
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