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Old 07-04-2013
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Originally Posted by Little
i read your thread before also and i got the problem what you said. i just wanted a solution for that. so this code will do the same task what i want. thanks.
Its the way shell behaves if you dont wanna change anything and still want it to work then sorry its not the way shell designed Smilie

either change the way you are using while loop or make export $FILENAME
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Old 07-04-2013
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Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
Its the way shell behaves if you dont wanna change anything and still want it to work then sorry its not the way shell designed Smilie

either change the way you are using while loop or make export $FILENAME
i have changed the way you told and its working fine..
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