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Subject: Re: shell scripting: help appreciated
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On 7/3/06, no@spam@mgedv.net <nospam@mgedv.net> wrote:

>
> if i change the line
>         /bin/sh -c subprogram.sh $h_val1 $h_val2 $h_opt1;
> to
>         echo /bin/sh -c subprogram.sh $h_val1 $h_val2 $h_opt1;
> the program loops for all records in the foo.conf correctly.
>
> if i remove the "echo" keyword, the sub-script get's executed,
> but the shell terminates as if there were lesser records in
> the foo.conf file!


try:

eval /bin/sh -c "subprogram.sh $h_val1 $h_val2 $h_opt1";


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