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# 15  
Old 08-20-2012
Code:
#looking for a ticket 
clear
echo "Ticket #:"
read ticket
echo "number entered" "$ticket"
echo grep -l "$ticket" /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/*.txt

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Last edited by vgersh99; 08-20-2012 at 08:00 PM.. Reason: code tags, please!
# 16  
Old 08-20-2012
Strange the output I would have expected from the above script is:

Code:
echo "Ticket #:
7932
number entered 7932
grep -l 7932 /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup10.txt /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup11.txt ....

Which still dosn't match what you posted as the output earlier.

Anyway remove the echo from the last line of the script ie:
grep -l "$ticket" /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/*.txt
not
echo grep -l "$ticket" /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/*.txt
This User Gave Thanks to Chubler_XL For This Post:
# 17  
Old 08-20-2012
Ref post #14
Please also show how you are running this script.

We would expect something like:
Code:
chmod 755 scriptname.sh  # One-time change to make the script executable
./scriptname.sh          # Execute the script


Last edited by methyl; 08-20-2012 at 08:35 PM.. Reason: layout
# 18  
Old 08-20-2012
I remove echo like Chubler_XL said same output is given.
Code:
grep -l "$ticket" /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/*.txt
Ticket #:
7932
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup10.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup11.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup12.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup13.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup14.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup1.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup2.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup3.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup4.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup5.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup6.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup7.txt
/home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/Holdup9.txt


Last edited by Scott; 08-20-2012 at 08:57 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 19  
Old 08-20-2012
Hmm: In all your posts this line never seems to execute.
Code:
echo "number entered" "$ticket"

Please post the script you actually ran and exactly what you typed to invoke the script. If you just did cut/paste to the command line, please tell us because it will cause the commands to behave differently from when they are executed as a properly formatted Shell Script.
# 20  
Old 08-20-2012
The way i run this is from /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs,
./ticket.sh is exec, permissions chmod 777 as a root
thanks for the Help
Code:
#looking for a ticket 
clear
echo "Ticket #:"
read $ticket
grep -l "$ticket" /home/ubu/Desktop/jobs/*.txt

# 21  
Old 08-20-2012
Okay, that explains the missing display. The script you are running is NOT the script you posted.
The script you are actually running contains a basic error in this line:
Code:
read $ticket

Should be:
Code:
read ticket

The error will cause $ticket to be blank.
Also, this line is missing:
Code:
echo "number entered" "$ticket"

Q.E.D.


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