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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Deleting particular lines. Post 302362082 by skmdu on Thursday 15th of October 2009 02:54:50 AM
Old 10-15-2009
Try with this,

FILENAME="tempfile"
while read line
do
if [ -d $line ]
then
echo $line ;
fi
done <$FILENAME
Still if you find issue, post your whole script, if possible.

---------- Post updated at 01:54 AM ---------- Previous update was at 01:54 AM ----------

Try with this,

Code:
FILENAME="tempfile"
while read line
do
	if [ -d $line ]
	then
	echo $line ;
	fi
done <$FILENAME

Still if you find issue, post your whole script, if possible.
 

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line

line(1)                                                            User Commands                                                           line(1)

NAME

       line - read one line

SYNOPSIS

       line

DESCRIPTION

       The  line utility copies one line (up to and including a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns
       an exit status of 1 on EOF and always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is:

       0        Successful completion

       >0       End-of-file on input.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          1 Feb 1995                                                             line(1)
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