This is good.....although I think it would be easier using an until loop. You will have to edit this because i know its not going to be right but for example....
Code:
read -p "colour : " colour
until grep -i "$colour" "colour_names.txt"
do *something*
done
My apologies for the loop...I am just learning. I tried your while loop but it doesnt seem to want to work.....even if the colour is right, it just keeps prompting to re renter
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Last edited by Franklin52; 11-21-2011 at 08:07 AM..
hey guys,
I'm trying to call and modify multiple files inside the for loop, i can't get it to work...
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AFILE=/dir/a_file.txt
BFILE=/dir/b_file.txt
CFILE=/dir/c_file.txt
ADESTFILE=/dir/a_dest_file.txt
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Hi All,
I've written a script to read 2 files and compare the contents using while loop but somehow when $line is not found in test2, the script will continue looping.
Below is my code, pls advise what could went wrong
TIA
Nick
for line in test1.txt | while read line
do
grep -i... (4 Replies)
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Here is the Code which find the files matching criteria:-
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example files are
fa.info.abcd
fa.info.bxde
fa.info.cdas
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for test_data in fa.info.*
do
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# Copy to another directory
done
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Last_Day=20130930
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
break
break(1) User Commands break(1)NAME
break, continue - shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until loop
SYNOPSIS
sh
break [n]
continue [n]
csh
break
continue
ksh
*break [n]
*continue [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
The break utility exits from the enclosing for or while loop, if any. If n is specified, break n levels.
The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for or while loop. If n is specified, resume at the n-th enclosing loop.
csh
The break utility resumes execution after the end of the nearest enclosing foreach or while loop. The remaining commands on the current
line are executed. This allows multilevel breaks to be written as a list of break commands, all on one line.
The continue utility continues execution of the next iteration of the nearest enclosing while or foreach loop.
ksh
The break utility exits from the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop, if any. If n is specified, then break n levels. If n is
greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be exited.
The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop. If n is specified then resume at the n-
th enclosed loop. If n is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be used.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words that follow a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign, and also that word splitting and file name genera-
tion are not performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), exit(1), ksh(1), sh( 1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 17 Jul 2002 break(1)
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