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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
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To: Jim Bentley <jimbo@intcomm.net>
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Subject: Re: csh scripting
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Jim Bentley wrote:
> 
> When attempting to execute a foreach command in csh script the variables are
> not set correctly.
> 
> foreach user (cat /usr/local/www/file.lst)
> 
> The user variable is set equal to "cat /usr/local/www/file.lst" instead of
> the the data in the lines of the file.
> 
> Any ideas.
> Thanks
You need the backquotes, like so:
foreach user (`cat /usr/local/www.file.lst`)

Nadav