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# 8  
Old 07-27-2011
The shell that you're using is bash, so you need to either A.) change your login shell (located in /etc/passwd), B.) run the csh shell and use that interactively (aka, just run /bin/csh or wherever that file is once you've logged in and you'll be using that shell. Type 'exit' to return to your regular bash shell)) or C.) if you're logging in through the ssh program, you can use the -t shell_name_goes_here option to try to login with that shell (as long as it's allowed in /etc/shells, if I recall correctly).
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# 9  
Old 07-28-2011
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Originally Posted by bflinchum
I wrote it on my machine and tried compiling and it wont work.
Well there's your problem. You don't compile shell scripts.
# 10  
Old 07-28-2011
I guess compile is in the right word, it should be run.

Code:
chmod +x code.csh

then:
Code:
./code.csh

Today after work I will be trying some other loops. Thanks for all the help.
# 11  
Old 07-28-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bflinchum
Is that my problem it links to bash:
No. Your current shell has nothing to do with the shell it uses when you 'csh programname' or './programname'
# 12  
Old 09-08-2011
I don't know if you guys care, but since you helped I finally got back to town and for some reason it didn't like the white space in my loop from the editor!
# 13  
Old 09-08-2011
Did you edit it in Windows? That'd do it.
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