"grep: illegal option -- e" Message is Shown to STDOUT when execute startWebLogic.sh on Solaris (Doc ID 2715597.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 06, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

The following error message is shown when <WL Domain>/startWebLoigc.sh is started on Solaris11:

The corrected endorsed directories setting of Java is not added as java command option when WebLogic Server starts on Java 8. See the below about the detail of Java Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism:

Java Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/standards/index.html

Cause

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