UNROLLEDHOSTFILETMP=0
#parse if our lines are terminated by :num_process
-multiple_processes=`grep -c ":" $HOSTFILE`
+multiple_processes=$(grep -c ":" $HOSTFILE)
if [ "${multiple_processes}" -gt 0 ] ; then
UNROLLEDHOSTFILETMP=1
UNROLLEDHOSTFILE="$(mktemp smpitmp-hostfXXXXXX)"
fi
# Don't use wc -l to compute it to avoid issues with trailing \n at EOF
-hostfile_procs=`grep -c "[a-zA-Z0-9]" $HOSTFILE`
+hostfile_procs=$(grep -c "[a-zA-Z0-9]" $HOSTFILE)
if [ ${hostfile_procs} = 0 ] ; then
echo "[`basename $0`] ** error: the hostfile '${HOSTFILE}' is empty. Aborting." >&2
exit 1
## hostfile has less than i lines.
##----------------------------------------------------------
-HAVE_SEQ="`which seq 2>/dev/null`"
+HAVE_SEQ="$(which seq 2>/dev/null)"
if [ -n "${HAVE_SEQ}" ]; then
- SEQ=`${HAVE_SEQ} 0 $((${NUMPROCS}-1))`
+ SEQ=$(${HAVE_SEQ} 0 $((${NUMPROCS}-1)))
else
cnt=0
while [ $cnt -lt ${NUMPROCS} ] ; do
