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The standard way of redirecting the output of a command into a file is to use the 'tee' command:

# Starts 'my_command' command and duplicates
# the outputs from the standard and error devices
#...

Have I heard "newbie"?
Please, don't feel uncomfortable with this: from what I've read (posts and replies), almost everybody here can be considered as a newbie...

I guess that most of your...

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the 'printf' primitive allows you to assign or display a formatted string.

It can be used this way:
#-----------------------------------------------------
typeset...

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I think that the 'mktemp' command (which create a temporary
file with a *unic* name) can be usefull here:

# Create ('-c' option) a 0-length file in the tmp area
typeset -i RC
typeset...

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this script (Korn shell) targets these 2 problems:

# [BEGIN script] -----------------------------------------

# 1. Extract the data from the DB

typeset DB_VALUEs=$(sqlplus -s...

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Some remarks first:
1. the 'grep -x -v -f' command *perfectly* works
(it simply depends on the way you're using it...).
2. your files (EAIDVBR1.txt EAIDQBR1.txt) are DOS-formatted...

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you can do it without any function call by using the Pattern-matching operators (which are faster).

for instance:
me@host> BackupLocation='abc/dfg'
me@host> SubDir=${BackupLocation##*/}...

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I'm not sure this answer suits to your request (if you meant
"how to display/store or use the resulting value", then this
should help...).

First, the 2 first lines sound correct for both...