Hello,

Thank you, I am now testing your file.

I'm trying to run the it from the UNIX Command Line using both the following ways:

Code:

./rem_dups.sh "$1" /home/usr/script dups_file.txt

Code:

./rem_dups.sh $1 /home/usr/script dups_file.txt

Command Line Error

Code:

ksh: 1: parameter not set

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Is it the way I am passing the parameters?

I tried changing the 1st line in the .sh file to both:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh

Code:

#!/usr/bin/ksh

with the same result,

Code:

ksh: 1: parameter not set

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I need to use the sh environment.

So can we continue to make it work using

Code:

#!/usr/bin/sh

as the first line?

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The most progress I have made so far is changing what I enter on the UNIX Command Line to:

Code:

./rem_dups.sh '$1' /home/usr/script dups_file.txt

Code:

# - I added single quotes because I 
# want the AWK script to literally receive the value $1 (that is - the $ sign and the number 1) so that it looks at the 1st field of the infile.

I get this error on the command line:

Code:

awk: Field $$1) is not correct
 The input line number is 1.
 The source line number is 4.