Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:25:15 +0100 From: Grzegorz Czaplinski <G.Czaplinski@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> To: Brian Henning <b1henning@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT: shell script problem Message-ID: <20030221202515.GE66987@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <OE658u16sa5LMgvR6bi000137c6@hotmail.com> References: <OE658u16sa5LMgvR6bi000137c6@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:14:22PM -0600, Brian Henning wrote:
> i have this script with one input file and i keep getting the error:
> /files_???/19980527/???????/<server>myname # sh doc_id.sh input.txt
> /files_???/19980527/???????/: No such file or directory
> /files_???/19980527/???????/
>
> sh doc_id.sh
> -------------
> #! /bin/sh -x
>
> INPUT=$1
>
> for i in `cat $INPUT`; do
> echo "ls -1 ${i}"
> RES=`ls -1 ${i}`
> done
> exit 0;
>
>
> input.txt
> --------
> /files_???/19980527/???????/
>
> but when i run the command ls /files_???/19980527/???????/ the files are
> found...
>
> any suggestions?
Yes, change cat to echo.
Have fun!
Greg
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