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# 1  
Old 06-26-2013
Output in for loop (ksh)
Hi ,
I'm writing the for loop script in home directory and wanted to get the files from /etc/data directory.
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

file_nm="/etc/dat"
for test_data in $file_nm/fln*
do
 echo "$test_data"
done

the code is executing successfully , but in the output it is showing
Code:
/etc/dat/fln_data_day1
/etc/dat/fln_data_day2

Where i wanted the output to be printed as
Code:
fln_data_day1
fln_data_day1

How can i achieve that.
Thank you
# 2  
Old 06-26-2013
just change below

Code:
 
echo $test_date to echo "`basename $test_date`"

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smile689
# 3  
Old 06-26-2013
Thank You so much for quick reply.
And it worked . Smilie

---------- Post updated at 05:13 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:08 PM ----------

Hi
I had a small issue while assignig echo output to a variable
in the following example
Code:
 #!/bin/ksh
 
file_nm="/etc/dat"
for test_data in $file_nm/fln*
do
 txt = "`basename $test_date`"
echo "$txt"
 
done

The above script throws error
./test.sh[8]: txt: not found

Where i'm doing wrong in this script !
Last edited by smile689; 06-26-2013 at 08:48 AM.. Reason: appended code
# 4  
Old 06-26-2013
Quote:

#!/bin/ksh

file_nm="/etc/dat"
for test_data in $file_nm/fln*
do
txt = `basename $test_date`"
echo "$txt"

done
Hello,

Could you please place
Code:
 `basename $test_date`

and try. We should be good then.


Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 06-26-2013 at 08:56 AM.. Reason: To remove " from the code.
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# 5  
Old 06-26-2013
Thank You Ravinder,
after changing the code like below
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
 
file_nm="/etc/dat"
for test_data in $file_nm/fln*
do
 txt = `basename $test_data`
echo "$txt"
 
done

txt: not found

Thanks

---------- Post updated at 05:53 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:31 PM ----------

I got the output..

Thank You
Last edited by smile689; 06-26-2013 at 09:20 AM.. Reason: Updated with error
# 6  
Old 06-26-2013
As far as I know basename is not a shell built-in. Use parameter substitution instead.

Also there shouldn't be any blank space around assignment operator:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

file_nm="/etc/dat"
for file in ${file_nm}/fln*
do
        fname="${file##*/}"
        print "$fname"
done

# 7  
Old 06-26-2013
I think your error is also because you have spaces around the = in the code you have posted. The assignment statement in ksh is var=expression, no spaces. The expression could be the the output of a command, a numeric value or a string.



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