Shell Programming and Scripting

while read line
do
    # Get File name by deleting everything that preceedes and follows Filename as printed in cvs status' output
    f_name=`echo $line | sed -e 's/^File:[ ^I]//' -e 's/ *Status:.*//' | awk '{print $NF}'`
    f_status=`echo $line | cut -d ":" -f3`
    if [[ "${f_status}" == "Needs Checkout" ]]; then
    f_path='Only in Repository';  echo "$f_name | $f_status | $f_path" >> $out1; continue; fi
    find /home/ustst/ -name "$f_name" -print > $f_out
    find_out=`cat $f_out|wc -l`
    if [ $find_out -eq 1 ]; then path=`cat $f_out`; f_path=`dirname $path`; echo "$f_name | $f_status | $f_path" >> $out1; fi
    if [ $find_out -gt 1 ]; then
 
        while read $file
        do
            dir=`dirname $file`
            cd $dir
            Status=""
            if [ -d CVS ]; then
                Status=`cvs -Q status $f_name|grep Status|cut -d ":" -f3`
            fi
            if [[ -n "${Status}" && "${Status}" != "Up-to-date" ]]; then
                echo "$f_name | $Status | $dir" >> $out1
            fi
            cd - > /dev/null
        done < $f_out
    fi
done < $out

$ f_status="Needs Checkout"
$ if [[ "${f_status}" == "Needs Checkout" ]]; then echo hello; fi
hello

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# @(#) s1	Demonstrate 3 ways to see value of string.

# Utility functions: print-as-echo, print-line-with-visual-space.
pe() { for i;do printf "%s" "$i";done; printf "\n"; }
pl() { pe;pe "-----" ;pe "$*"; }

f_status="Needs Checkout"

pl " Method 1: print bounded by some character to show whitespace:"
echo " f_status is :$f_status:"

pl " Method 2: use utility to show all characters:"
echo " f_status details:"
echo "$f_status" | od -bc

pl " Method 3: use shell to show details of operations:"
set -x
if [[ "${f_status}" == "Needs Checkout" ]]; then echo hello; fi

exit 0

% ./s1

-----
 Method 1: print bounded by some character to show whitespace:
 f_status is :Needs Checkout:

-----
 Method 2: use utility to show all characters:
 f_status details:
0000000 116 145 145 144 163 040 103 150 145 143 153 157 165 164 012
          N   e   e   d   s       C   h   e   c   k   o   u   t  \n
0000017

-----
 Method 3: use shell to show details of operations:
+ [[ Needs Checkout == \N\e\e\d\s\ \C\h\e\c\k\o\u\t ]]
+ echo hello
hello
+ exit 0