User defined variable in KSH shell

[rohit kumar gupta]

I just want to know how many user variable can defined in ksh shell ?
is ther any limit for defining no of variable ?

[Pete Randall]

I've never heard of such a limit. You could take a look at "man ksh".


Pete

[rariasn]

Hi,

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1433533

rgs

[muruganantham raju]

Hi Rohit,
You can define 1000s of variable. It is not recommended to use too many user variables.

Regards,
Muru

[Bill Hassell]

You can create thousands and thousands of variables. However, like any 32bit program, the data that you assign to each variable must be stored in memory and ksh is limited to about 900 MB of local memory. Similarly, you can assign a single variable dozens of megabytes of data, in which case you can only create a few that are very large before exceeding local memory limits.