Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:49:50 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Jim Bentley <jimbo@intcomm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: csh scripting Message-ID: <32E7181E.F34@barcode.co.il> References: <199701230036.SAA01696@main.intcomm.net>
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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
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