Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


Shell Programming and Scripting

Basic and me being el-stupido

Login to Discuss or Reply to this Discussion in Our Community

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Basic and me being el-stupido
# 1  
Old 03-15-2005
Error Basic and me being el-stupido
Hi folks, brain dead here, In the following code, I cannot get the value of the variable into the line I want sent in the email:
---code---
cd /mcr_temp
n= ls -1|wc -l
echo " $n were still running, finished at: `date`"|mail abc@yahoo.com

---end of code---

* I have tried
n = `ls -1|wc -l` no success
# 2  
Old 03-15-2005
n=`ls -1|wc -l`
# 3  
Old 03-15-2005
Network basic part 2
Yes I tried the n = `ls -1|wc -l` option but it did not work!

I get the following (submitted via sh -x filename)
> sh -x cleanjobs.scr
+ cd /mcr_temp
+ wc -l
+ ls -1
+ n = 23
cleanjobs.scr[13]: n: not found.

What gives?
# 4  
Old 03-15-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by saswerks
Yes I tried the n = `ls -1|wc -l` option but it did not work!

I get the following (submitted via sh -x filename)
> sh -x cleanjobs.scr
+ cd /mcr_temp
+ wc -l
+ ls -1
+ n = 23
cleanjobs.scr[13]: n: not found.

What gives?
No spaces are permitted around the "=" symbol.

Therefore your command should be as follows:
n=`ls -1|wc -l`
# 5  
Old 03-15-2005
Thanx
Hi thank you for catching that, it worked. Smilie
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

8 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. What is on Your Mind?

Vs basic

There isn't much of a relation between 80's BASIC and today's BASIC. A lot of languages seem similar. The BASIC I worked with was Dartmouth or VSBASIC. Now existing as ATARI BASIC. PERL and JULIA look appealing, it would be nice if there where a program like VSBASIC. 80's... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: teak
7 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Basic help

Hi , I need to know the difference between $((command)) and $(command) and $(($(command))). "" and '' and ``. I have tried searching the help files but cant able to find this. Could you let me knoq about any document. Thanks (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Raj999
4 Replies

3. Solaris

Basic - how do I?

How do I use ls and grep together to count a certain number of files in a directory? -Thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: secno
1 Replies

4. HP-UX

to know the basic

Hi, Good morning I want to install HP-Unix in my PC. I already have windows XP home edition in my PC. I do not want remove XP,But I need HP-Unix in the same system. Is it posssible? If it is what is the name and version of HP-Unix cd? Where can I get the CD to install. I have... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: nandhini
4 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Need some basic help

Hi everyone, I need some help! I know that this is a very simple little problem but I seem to be stuck. I was just wondering if you could show me the right way. I basicly have to write a single line of commands (using piping) to do the following: From the file data.txt, select all of the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: itk
2 Replies

6. HP-UX

Bt-basic

Hi Guys, I very new to bt-basic even I got 8 years experience on UNIX. I searched through google about bt-basic but nothing really give me solid documentation. Anybody have documentation or manual for this bt-basic? Pls help me (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shahru
2 Replies

7. What is on Your Mind?

Basic...

hi, I am pretty new both to unix and this forum, can anyone help me to give shortcuts to my commands... eg:- instead of "cd /usr/bin" i want to to give " bin " and get to that path. I'm using HP-UX 11.0 abey (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: abey
2 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Basic

hi, I am pretty new both to unix and this forum, can anyone help me to give shortcuts to my commands... eg:- instead of "cd /usr/bin" i want to to give " bin " and get to that path. I'm using HP-UX 11.0 abey (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: abey
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question