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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Modifying bash script to take each line in a file and execute command Post 302968473 by sea on Wednesday 9th of March 2016 05:04:00 PM
Old 03-09-2016
Your script will not work, as the shebang is on the same line as everything else.

So called 'One-Liners' are nice, if they are short, but yours is not.
Please structure your code for easier reading/debuging.

Thank you

EDIT:
Furthermore, please use the forum its search function, just recently (within the last 30 days) we've discussed such a topic.
 

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pts_apropos

PTS_APROPOS(1)						       AFS Command Reference						    PTS_APROPOS(1)

NAME

       pts_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string

SYNOPSIS

       pts apropos -topic <help string> [-help]

       pts ap -t <help string> [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       The pts apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any pts command that has in its name or short description the
       string specified by the -topic argument.

       To display the syntax for a command, use the pts help command.

OPTIONS

       -topic <help string>
	   Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only.  If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double
	   quotes ("") or other delimiters.

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT

       The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
       pts command in which the string specified by the -topic argument is part of the command name or first line.

EXAMPLES

       The following command lists all pts commands that include the word "create" in their names or short descriptions:

	  % pts apropos create
	  creategroup: create a new group
	  createuser: create a new user

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       None

SEE ALSO

       pts(1), pts_help(1)

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OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							    PTS_APROPOS(1)
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