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So, i have this requirement where i need to check the file format, whether it's EBCDIC or ASCII, and based on format retrieve the information from that file:

my file is:

file1.txt-->this ebcdic file
file2.txt-->ascii file

i tried below code:

Code:

file=file1.txt
type="`file $file`"

i get output if file is ebcdic:

Code:

file1.txt: data

if file is ascii:

Code:

file2.txt: ASCII text, with no line terminators

now my requirement is i need to do some operations if file is ebcdic and some if file is ascii:

Code:

type="`file $file`"
if grep -q data "$type"; then
echo "ebcdic"
else
echo "ascii"
fi

output:

Code:

grep: 010020001_S-FOR-Sort-SYEXC_20180109_062320_0100.x937: data: No such file or directory
ascii

firstly its not searching the word data correctly in $type variable and its showing something like no such file or directory, can anyone guide me where i am going wrong, and also what will the best approach for this requirement.
TIA