Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:39:44 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <jan.grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Malcolm Fitzgerald <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell scripting question [newby] Message-ID: <20060409153819.V96633@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <b1b139752a28f74bc0811281a13932eb@pacific.net.au> References: <b1b139752a28f74bc0811281a13932eb@pacific.net.au>
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On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > I'm trying to follow the instructions at > <http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/>; > > At point four it offers this shell script. > > cut -f 1 -d '$' /usr/local/freebsd-update/work/md5all | uniq | > while read X; do > if [ -f $X ]; then echo $X; fi; > done | sort > /root/base-old > > Running this from root shell in konsole (bash) I get "while: Expression > Syntax". The various hints and clues I get from the shell, the web and man > bash haven't helped me. Would someone provide the correct syntax for me? That syntax is correct for sh and bash; you're not running it, however. Double-check that after you su to root, you're really running bash. That error is what csh will tell you. -- jan grant, ISYS, University of Bristol. http://www.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ Whenever I see a dog salivate I get an insatiable urge to ring a bell.
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