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Old 09-21-2006
Question Need help on a program I'm writing

Hey guys..

I'm trying to learn how to script in bash...

THIS IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT but my instructor says to learn you must practice

I'm trying to add to a program I'm writing that will print and save raw data...

What syntax commands would I use to write them?

And Thank you...
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Old 09-21-2006
to print data use echo or print
echo "string"

to save it to other file you have to redirection operator
echo "string" > fl
if fl is not there then it creates file fl and put string into it
if the file fl already exist then overwrite the file fl with "string"
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Old 09-21-2006
Okay..thanks...

I'll be back later if I have any problems

I appreciate it Smilie

But...does echo works for actually commanding the program to print it on a label?

I know it works for printing it on the screen....
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