03-04-2008
Help with the 2 for loops
#!/bin/bash
IFS=$'\n'
A= a c b t g j i e d
B= t y u i o p
counter=0
found=""
for i in $(cat $A)
do
for j in $(cat $B)
do
if [ $A=$B ]
then
found="yes"
fi
done
if [ $found="yes" ]
then
echo $i found
else
echo Position $counter....not found
found="no"
counter=$((counter+=))
fi
done
its saying all files in A have been found and even if i put dummy items the condition is always correct...Pliz help me where im going wrong...am a stranger to bash!
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
This module implements a persistent counter class. Each counter is represented by a separate file in the file system. File locking is
applied, so multiple processes can attempt to access a counter simultaneously without risk of counter destruction.
You give the file name as the first parameter to the object constructor ("new"). The file is created if it does not exist.
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value for this variable is initialized from the environment variable "TMPDIR", or /usr/tmp if no environment variable is defined. You may
want to assign a different value to this variable before creating counters.
If you pass a second parameter to the constructor, it sets the initial value for a new counter. This parameter only takes effect when the
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When you call the "inc()" method, you increment the counter value by one. When you call "dec()", the counter value is decremented. In both
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You can peek at the value of the counter (without incrementing it) by using the "value()" method.
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