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Reading a file with while into variable and using in another process
I would appreciate some help, please.
I have a file cutshellb.txt, which contains four report names (but it could be any number from 1 to x. The report suffix is not necessarily consecutive:
report3785
report3786
report3787
report3788
I have a shell script which attempts to read the names and use them as a parameter in another script to run a mail package:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
for line in `/usr/bin/cat /u1/cutshellb.txt`; do
/u1/sendreportmail.sh MYPRT=$(`echo "$line"`) 1>sendmail.log 2>&1
done
The script contains:
Code:
cd /u1/mail/bin/
./mailsend -i -vvvv -tany_person@mailaddress.uk -s "Mail report "
-a/u1/$MYPRT.pdf " "
I would appreciate some pointers - even if it is just that this is not possible.
I found this format MYPRT=$(`echo "$line"`) on a website which suggested that there are difficulties with passing variables between parent and child processes with pipes especially within ifs and whiles.
Last edited by pludi; 11-06-2009 at 01:43 PM..
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