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Old 12-15-2009
i was tried to use the command
x=$(wc -l < file)
in the script but when iam excuting getting error as
syntax error at line 2: `(' unexpected

Code :
#!/bin/bash
x=$(wc -l < file)
i=10
if [ "$x" -lt "$i" ]
then cp file1 test.txt
else cp file2 test.txt
fi
 

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PTHREAD_COND_DESTROY(3) 				   BSD Library Functions Manual 				   PTHREAD_COND_DESTROY(3)

NAME
pthread_cond_destroy -- destroy a condition variable LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread) SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_cond_destroy(pthread_cond_t *cond); DESCRIPTION
The pthread_cond_destroy() function frees the resources allocated by the condition variable cond. IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
A condition variable can be destroyed immediately after all the threads that are blocked on it are awakened. RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_cond_destroy() function will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. ERRORS
The pthread_cond_destroy() function will fail if: [EINVAL] The value specified by cond is invalid. [EBUSY] The variable cond is locked by another thread. SEE ALSO
pthread_cond_broadcast(3), pthread_cond_init(3), pthread_cond_signal(3), pthread_cond_timedwait(3), pthread_cond_wait(3) STANDARDS
The pthread_cond_destroy() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1''). BSD
July 28, 1998 BSD
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