Solaris™ 7 Reference

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

Bourne Shell

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 you give no other arguments, they modify the shell input/output.

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

C Shell

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

eval reads its arguments as input to the shell and executes the resulting command(s). This command is ...