Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:04:12 +1000 From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shell scripting question [newby] Message-ID: <b8f376795b689fd1191afb907df5b43b@pacific.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20060409153819.V96633@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <b1b139752a28f74bc0811281a13932eb@pacific.net.au> <20060409153819.V96633@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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On 10/04/2006, at 12:39 AM, Jan Grant wrote: > 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 $X; fi; >> done | sort > /root/base-old >> >> Running this from root shell in konsole (bash) I get "while: >> Expression >> Syntax". The various hints and clues I get from the shell, the web >> and man >> bash haven't helped me. Would someone provide the correct syntax for >> me? > > That syntax is correct for sh and bash; you're not running it, however. > Double-check that after you su to root, you're really running bash. > That > error is what csh will tell you. Thanks Jan, Your advice got me to step 7 where the need to pass a control structure to the loop stopped me again. I got a bash shell and I write: for dist in base dict doc games info manpages ports; do cat /mnt/6.0-RELEASE/${dist}/${dist}.?? > /usr/${dist}.tgz done I put it onto three lines by typing "\" at the end of each line to achieve the layout and I get the prompt ">". When I get to the end, ie, "done" I press Enter and get another prompt. How can I get the multi-line command executed? Malcolm
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