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# 1  
Old 06-17-2014
Word Count error
I need to read a trigger file whose name can be:
ABC!DEF@2014.txt
or
ABC!DEF@2014,2015.txt

and then carry out functions on those inputs.

Currently I am doing:
Code:
YEAREXPORT {

FILE= xyz.txt

ls ABC* -l > ${FILE}
	
if [ ! -f ${FILE} ]; then
		log_err "Trigger File ABC* does not exist!"
fi
	

while read LINE
do
	 log_msg "Read line ${LINE}"
	
	#Check if Two years have entered
	COUNTCOMMA =$(echo "${LINE}"  | grep -o "," | wc -l)	
	
	if [${COUNTCOMMA} == 0]; then
	      log_msg "Its zero"
	else 
	      log_msg "Its not zero"
	fi

done < ${FILE}
}

Now while the Read line shows up in the log. The countcomma part is not executing, I just get this:
Code:
Read line -rwx------+ 1 piruser Domain Users 0 2014-06-13 19:33 ABC!DEF@2014,2015.txt
YearExport:21: 1 not found

What am I doing incorrectly here?
# 2  
Old 06-17-2014
change these and re-try
Code:
COUNTCOMMA =$(echo...... --> COUNTCOMMA=$(echo........

Code:
if [${COUNTCOMMA} == 0]; --> if [ ${COUNTCOMMA} = 0 ];

# 3  
Old 06-17-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by ygemici
change these and re-try
Code:
COUNTCOMMA =$(echo...... --> COUNTCOMMA=$(echo........

Code:
if [${COUNTCOMMA} == 0]; --> if [ ${COUNTCOMMA} = 0 ];

I changed my code to:
Code:
YEAREXPORT {

FILE= xyz.txt

ls ABC* -l > ${FILE}
	
if [ ! -f ${FILE} ]; then
		log_err "Trigger File ABC* does not exist!"
fi
	

while read LINE
do
	 log_msg "Read line ${LINE}"
	
	#Check if Two years have entered
	COUNTCOMMA=`echo "${LINE}"  | grep -o "," | wc -l)`
	
	if [${COUNTCOMMA}=0]; then
	      log_msg "Its zero"
	else 
	      log_msg "Its not zero"
	fi

done < ${FILE}
}

So while the COUNTCOMMA now works, I keep getting bad pattern error for the if condition.
# 4  
Old 06-17-2014
what is your shell and os ?
and can u write full code ?

your code must be like these
Code:
YEAREXPORT {

FILE= xyz.txt

ls ABC* -l > ${FILE}
	
if [ ! -f ${FILE} ]; then
		log_err "Trigger File ABC* does not exist!"
fi
	

while read LINE
do
	 log_msg "Read line ${LINE}"
	
	#Check if Two years have entered
	COUNTCOMMA=`echo "${LINE}"  | grep -o "," | wc -l`
	
	if [ ${COUNTCOMMA}=0 ]; then
	      log_msg "Its zero"
	else 
	      log_msg "Its not zero"
	fi

done < ${FILE}
}

# 5  
Old 06-17-2014
Additionally, just to highlight :
Code:
COUNTCOMMA=`echo "${LINE}"  | grep -o "," | wc -l)`

Opening parenthesis missing. Also there is no need to put those unless you have used $(...) but in that case you dont need `...`

Code:
if [${COUNTCOMMA}=0]; then

You have not put spaces around the opening and closing square bracket as ygemici suggested. Also, Make sure put spaces around = or == whatever you use.
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