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# 1  
Old 05-19-2008
CPU & Memory appending two string is not working
Dear Memebers

appending string is not working in loop
outside of loop itw working fine, but when i put in loop its not working.
please look into this code and suggest me how to do this.

supplierCode.txt
---------------
UGEN
SLAND
CEL

here is my script
-------------------

#!/bin/bash
SuppFile=/home/krishnaveni/scripts/supplierCode.txt
file1=log
filename=$file1".txt"
#echo $filename # its working fine
exec 0<$SuppFile
while read LINE
do
echo $LINE
suppProfileName=$LINE"_sftp.profile"
echo $suppProfileName

done

----------------------
Here output is
UGEN
_sftp.profile
SLAND
_sftp.profile
CEL
_sftp.profile


-----------------
but i want output like

UGEN_sftp.profile
SLNAD_sftp.profile
CEL_sftp.profile


Please help me on this.

thanks
krishna.
# 2  
Old 05-19-2008
try like this

Code:
filename=${file1}".txt"

Code:
suppProfileName=${LINE}"_sftp.profile"

# 3  
Old 05-19-2008
Its not working
still output is like this

UGEN
_sftp.profile
SLAND
_sftp.profile
CEL
_sftp.profile


inside of this loop is not working.
# 4  
Old 05-19-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by krishna9
Dear Memebers

appending string is not working in loop
outside of loop itw working fine, but when i put in loop its not working.
please look into this code and suggest me how to do this.

supplierCode.txt
---------------
UGEN
SLAND
CEL

here is my script
-------------------

#!/bin/bash
SuppFile=/home/krishnaveni/scripts/supplierCode.txt
file1=log
filename=$file1".txt"
#echo $filename # its working fine
exec 0<$SuppFile
while read LINE
do
echo $LINE
suppProfileName=$LINE"_sftp.profile"
echo $suppProfileName

done

----------------------
Here output is
UGEN
_sftp.profile
SLAND
_sftp.profile
CEL
_sftp.profile


-----------------
but i want output like

UGEN_sftp.profile
SLNAD_sftp.profile
CEL_sftp.profile


Please help me on this.

thanks
krishna.


Check it like this:

while read LINE
do
suppProfileName=`echo $LINE"_sftp.profile"`
echo $suppProfileName

done
# 5  
Old 05-19-2008
i dont know why its not working
i tried with commands which you provided me
still its giving output

_sftp.profile
_sftp.profile
_sftp.profile

i tried with
suppProfileName=`echo $LINE"_sftp.profile"`
echo $suppProfileName
and
suppProfileName=`echo ${LINE}"_sftp.profile"`
echo $suppProfileName
no use what to do now, can i know is there any problem with my script.
# 6  
Old 05-19-2008
hi krishna,

can u send the output of following command.

cat -v supplierCode.txt

May be bcoz some non-printable characters at the end ( Just guessing )

Thanks
Penchal
# 7  
Old 05-19-2008
Try

suppProfileName=${LINE}_sftp.profile
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