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# 1  
Old 05-23-2012
Using redirect for input instead of command line
I have a script that is working when I input parameters from the command line. I was under the assumption that i could use a redirect for the input.

script fred.sh:
Code:
value1=$1
value2=$2
print $value1 $value2

Running from command line:
Code:
fred.sh 1 2 1 2

Contents of file fred.txt:
Code:
1 2

Running from command line:
Code:
fred.sh

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Mod Comment Please don't write it all away in one line and use carriage return/enter. That makes reading texts much easier Smilie Also: Please use code tags, thanks!
Last edited by zaxxon; 05-23-2012 at 09:19 AM.. Reason: not a single line break, code tags
# 2  
Old 05-23-2012
Try

Code:
xargs fred.sh < fred.txt

# 3  
Old 05-23-2012
HI


Code:
$ cat fred.txt
1
2


Code:
$ cat fred.sh
#!/bin/ksh

read value1
read value2
print $value1 $value2


Code:
$ ./fred.sh < fred.txt
1 2

# 4  
Old 05-23-2012
Thanks
Very cool xargs worked perfectly! Was not able to get ./fred.sh to accept input either. Thanks for help guys.
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