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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting problem in creating execute profile file in unix Post 302595579 by pratikjain998 on Friday 3rd of February 2012 12:45:39 PM
Old 02-03-2012
Question problem in creating execute profile file in unix

first i created a profile file(my_var.profile) which contains
Code:
export my_var=20

after that i created shell scripts(my_var.sh) which contains
Code:
#!/bin/bash
. ./my_var.profile
echo '$my_var='$my_var

but when i am executing sh my_var.sh it is showing error that no such file/directory .profile.


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Last edited by vbe; 02-03-2012 at 02:07 PM..
 

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