Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/bash
cat > /ramdisk/home/stux/unsortedints.out
COUNT=0
FILE =/ramdisk/home/stux/unsortedints.out
for i in {1..100}
do
NUMBER = $[($RANDOM%1000)+1]
echo $NUMBER >> $FILE
done
sort unsortedints.out > sortedints.out

#!/bin/bash
FILE=/ramdisk/home/stux/unsortedints.out
#   ^__ There shouldn't be any space here !
: > $FILE # cat  unnecessary. Don't repeat the file name
COUNT=0 # Where is it used ?
for i in {1..100}
do
    NUMBER=$(( ($RANDOM%1000)+1 ))
    #    ^_^__ No spaces ! use (( )) for arithmetic expansion
    echo $NUMBER >> $FILE
done
sort -n $FILE > sortedints.out
# Use -n to sort on a numeric basis, else 10 wille be before 9

(...)
sort -n $FILE | awk '{print $1 + 2}' > sortedints.out