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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Puzzle: file name grepped from text file yields "no such file" Post 302491235 by michaelrozar17 on Thursday 27th of January 2011 04:19:26 AM
Old 01-27-2011
May be the shell did not expand the variable. Can you try as
Code:
ls "$LIST"
or 
eval ls "$LIST"

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br(1)							      General Commands Manual							     br(1)

NAME
br - utility to interact with Firecracker device SYNOPSIS
br [options] [housecode[list]] [native command] ... DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the br command. br is a program that interacts with X10's Firecracker device allowing the user to manipulate X10 devices throughout their house/office. OPTIONS
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included below. -h, --help Show summary of options. -v, --verbose Each -v will increase the verbosity. -x, --port=PORT Set port to communicate with (should be the port the Firecracker module is plugged into) -c, --house=[A-P] Use alternate house code for operations, default is A -n, --on=LIST Turn on all devices in LIST -f, --off=LIST Turn off all devices in LIST -N, --ON Turn on all devices in housecode -F, --OFF Turn off all devices in housecode -d, --dim=LEVEL[,LIST] Dim devices in housecode [or LIST] to relative LEVEL -B, --lamps_on Turn on all lamps in housecode -D, --lamps_off Turn off all lamps in housecode -r, --repeat=NUM Repeat commands NUM times (0 = ~forever) AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ashley Clark <aclark@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Ashley Clark br(1)
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