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Old 02-09-2011
cat in shell
Command "cat filename" works from cmd prompt. but cat is not found when I try to script it. can any one please correct the code.

C:\Users\src\scripts>cat "\\ser2\e$\Logs\Auth Files\Passed Auth\active.csv"
 02/10/2011,Auth OK,tty1,abc
02/10/2011,Auth OK,tty2,xyz

Quote:
#!C:\Program Files (x86)\Shell\sh.exe
file="active.csv"
path="\\ser2\e$\Logs\Auth Files\Passed Auth\$file"

`cat $path`

C:\Users\src\scripts>sh auth.sh
auth.sh: command not found: cat [4]



Thanks
# 2  
Old 02-09-2011
Try:
Code:
cat "$path"

without the backquotes..
# 3  
Old 02-09-2011
Tried but does works..

Quote:
#!C:\Program Files (x86)\Shell\sh.exe
file="active.csv"
path="\\ser2\e$\Logs\Auth Files\Passed Auth\$file"

cat "$path"
Quote:
C:\Users\src\scripts>sh auth.sh
abnormal program termination
auth.sh: fork failed: no error [4]
# 4  
Old 02-09-2011
In my opinion (untested) the command needs to go into a MSDOS Batch file with a ".BAT" extension. It is not a unix Shell command, it is a MSDOS command which you were typing at a "CMD" prompt.
Quote:
cat "\\ser2\e$\Logs\Auth Files\Passed Auth\active.csv"
To handle this in Shell we would need the MSDOS share "\\ser2\e$" to be mounted as a unix filesystem on a named mountpoint.
Last edited by methyl; 02-09-2011 at 05:32 PM..
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