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Operating Systems AIX Command behaves different in script and on prompt Post 302445447 by panchpan on Monday 16th of August 2010 03:44:14 AM
Old 08-16-2010
Command behaves different in script and on prompt
Code:
$cat /tmp/tuxob.lst
udi *****
jim 10
ant 19
ibm *****

$ input=`head -1 /tmp/tuxob.lst | awk '{print $NF}'`
$ echo $input

The output I am expecting is '*****'. But It is showing me the available files of current directory. When I run the command
head -1 /tmp/tuxob.lst | awk '{print $NF}
from unix prompt - I can see the output as '*****'

Please advise, what am I doing wrong?
Last edited by Scott; 08-16-2010 at 06:20 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

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