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# 15  
Old 08-24-2010
Try to run the below command at command prompt and let us know output. Its running fine at my end

Code:
[root@TEST ~]# awk  -F"," '{for (i=2;i<=NF ; ++i) { if($i !~ /N\/A/) {sum[i] += $i;}} if (i > max) max=i }
    END { s=""; for (i=2; i<=max; ++i) { printf "%s%s", s, sum[i]; s=",";} printf "\n" }' format.csv
183,234,29,31,0,0,0,0,25,127,6,21,285,49,0,0,0,0,217,2,27,0,968,332,0,0,

[root@TEST ~]# cat format.csv
20100803,N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, ,
20100804, 183,  234,  29,  31,  0,  0,  0,  0,  25,  127,  6,  21,  285,  49,  0,  0,  0,  0,  217,  2,  27,  0,  968,  332,
20100802,N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, ,
20100803,N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, ,

# 16  
Old 08-24-2010
Yep, its working good on the console. The logic works in the script too and the output is alright, but i'm unable to avoid this error. Smilie
# 17  
Old 08-24-2010
Interestingly we can get the same ksh error message by feeding an entire sample record to an if statement as if we had presented it in a text variable which was not surrounded by quotes.
What surprised me is that ksh continues running.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
if [ 20100802,N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, , ]
then
   echo true
else
   echo false
fi


./testscript[2]: N/A,: unknown test operator
false


If you run your script with "set -x" please show us say 50 lines of trace up to the shell error message. It should demonstrate which command is going wrong and with what values.
# 18  
Old 08-26-2010
interesting observation there methyl, i'll re-check my if statements...

here's the console o/p

Code:
+ reader_function 06 2010 # function that reads i/p file
+ [ 25 -ne 0 ]
+ writer_reader #function that calculates sum and write o/p file
finale[89]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
+ [ 1 -lt 2 ]
+ client=name
+ + expr 1 + 1
p=2
+ fullname=nameadm
+ echo  the Name of the Client chosen is name 
+ 1>> /fs/home-1/u1/sprav/reports/log.txt
+ reader_function 06 2010
+ [ 24 -ne 0 ]
+ writer_reader
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
finale[71]: N/A,: unknown test operator
+ [ 2 -lt 2 ]
+ rm cfile
+ rm /fs/home-1/u1/sprav/tempo/days
+ rm /fs/home-1/u1/sprav/tempo/day
+ rm header
+ rm headf
+ rm headv
+ rm tailf
+ exit

Last edited by pravsripad; 08-26-2010 at 02:54 AM.. Reason: spelling typo
# 19  
Old 08-26-2010
The problem is clearly in a script called "finale" but the "set -x" does not appear to be active in that script.
# 20  
Old 08-27-2010
Can you tell me a workaround to not display this error on the console?

Redirecting stderr for this particular part of the script only?

Code:
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is for the entire script...
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