06-16-2011
trouble executing a command in csh
Hi All!!
I am having trouble in executing the following command into a c-shell script.
mv "$file" "$(head -1 "$file")"
The funny thing is that the same command works perfectly from the command line, but when incorporated into a "foreach loop" of a c-shell script, it shows an error - Illegal Variable Name.
Could you please help??
Thanks,
Po
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NAME
set_color - set_color - set the terminal color
set_color - set the terminal color
Synopsis
set_color [-v --version] [-h --help] [-b --background COLOR] [COLOR]
Description
Change the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. COLOR is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple,
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