#!/bin/sh -e if test $# -eq 0 then echo "usage: $0 shellname [shellname ...]" exit 1 fi file=/etc/shells # I want this to be GUARANTEED to be on the same filesystem as $file tmpfile="${file}.tmp" set -o noclobber cleanup() { rm -f "$tmpfile" } trap cleanup EXIT if ! awk '{print}' "$file" > "$tmpfile" then cat 1>&2 <> "$tmpfile" fi done done chmod --reference="$file" "$tmpfile" chown --reference="$file" "$tmpfile" mv "$tmpfile" "$file" trap "" EXIT exit 0