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Operating Systems Linux Ambiguous redirect error and syntax error when using on multiple files Post 302688379 by Madhusudan Das on Sunday 19th of August 2012 02:01:35 AM
Old 08-19-2012
Ambiguous redirect error and syntax error when using on multiple files
Hi,

I need help on following linux bash script. When I linux commands for loop or while loop on individual file it runs great. but now I want the script to run on N number of files so it gives me ambiguous redirect error on line 12 and syntax error on line 22 : (pls help );

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# MCE Repricing ASPRODUCTSUMMARY

cd /u02/sppdw/dw/infa_shared/SrcFiles/POPS;
for files in $(ls *.MCESOLUTION); do  echo $files $(mv -v $files 'UNPROCESSED/ASPRODUCTSUMMARY/'${files%}.CSV) ;     done ;
cd /u02/sppdw/dw/infa_shared/SrcFiles/POPS/UNPROCESSED/ASPRODUCTSUMMARY;
####ls -1 /u02/sppdw/dw/infa_shared/SrcFiles/POPS/UNPROCESSED/ASPRODUCTSUMMARY > ListofMCECSVFilesASPRODUCTSUMMARY.txt;
FOLDERDIR="/u02/sppdw/dw/infa_shared/SrcFiles/POPS/UNPROCESSED/ASPRODUCTSUMMARY";
cd $FOLDERDIR;
for i in "ls -l | grep ^- | awk '{print $9}'"
do  
grep -i "^..............ASPRODUCTSUMMARY"< "$i" > "$i"; done;

for file in '$(ls -l $FOLDERDIR)'; do 
caseid=$(echo $file | cut -c1-10);
studytype=$(echo $file | cut -c12-15);
prefix="$caseid,$studytype,";
while read -r line
do
echo "${prefix}$line" done; < "$file" > temp.CSV;
mv -v temp.CSV ${file};
done;
exit 0;

Last edited by Scott; 08-19-2012 at 03:33 AM.. Reason: Code tags
 

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