Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi ,
I am passing a variable site_name from a shellscript to an SQL script and then I want to spool an sql query on to my Unix box and generate a CSV file.
Everything works fine but I have to give quotes to the variable '&&site_name' in spool statement ..if i remove the quotes it generates an LST file or some other type of file.I am working on korn shell ..

pls help me remove the single quotes from my filename..I have tried many options but unable to resolve it...


define site_name=&&1
spool /projects/hpsd_dwh/global_extract/Closed_Case_Extract/MTD/'&&site_name'.csv

thanks in advance ...
cheers!!

Can you tell us what do you want to from
define site_name=&&1
spool /projects/hpsd_dwh/global_extract/Closed_Case_Extract/MTD/'&&site_name'.csv?

It is good to give exact requirement to guide a solution to you?

Hi Muthu,

I am sorry abt it.

this is my sql script..
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define site_name=&&1
spool /projects/hpsd_dwh/global_extract/Closed_Case_Extract/MTD/'&&site_name'.csv

select * from mytable;

spool off;
exit;
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using the spool statement I want to generate a CSV file.
But now the problem is the file which is getting generated has single quotes.
Which I don't want...and if I remove the quotes ....
CSV file is not getting generated..

I want a filename('&&sitename') without quotes....And the value for &&sitename is coming from a shell script...

Hope its clear..thnks a lot

After creating CSV file quote using spool then rename that file with quote on shell??

We can remove ' as,

echo /projects/hpsd_dwh/global_extract/Closed_Case_Extract/MTD/'&&site_name'.csv | tr -d "'"
/projects/hpsd_dwh/global_extract/Closed_Case_Extract/MTD/&&site_name.csv

I hope it is ok. If i am wrong then give problem in this.

Hi Muthu ,

thanks for being so fast...
will try this and let u know asap...

thnks a lot..

Why dont you try &&1..csv in the spool filename.

Hi Ranj,
that doesn't work ..I have tried it...

Muthu thnks a lot...

I have used mv in my shell script like this
mv /projects/hpsd_dwh/global_extract/Closed_Case_Extract/MTD/*.csv
/projects/hpsd_dwh/global_extract/Closed_Case_Extract/MTD/$site_name/$site_name.csv

whatever is there in MTD using *.csv it will move it to respective folders without single quotes...

Basics of unix mv is used for rename and moving .... :-)

thnks ...