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Old 04-30-2015
Perl to read user input
I am creating a bash that uses perl . The below code closes before the input is entered. If I run the perl as a .pl it is fine. What am I doing wrong? Thank you Smilie.

Code:
 
#!/bin/bash

cd 'C:\Users\cmccabe\Desktop\wget'
wget -O getCSV.txt http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx/data/getCSV.csv

print "Enter ID: ";
my $string = <>;

open FILE, "getCSV.txt" or die $!;

while (<FILE>) { print if /$string/i }

close FILE;

# 2  
Old 04-30-2015
Code:
my $string=<STDIN>;

# 3  
Old 04-30-2015
Still closes the bash after the getCSV is downloaded. Thank you Smilie.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
cd 'C:\Users\cmccabe\Desktop\wget'
wget -O getCSV.txt http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx/data/getCSV.csv
print "Enter ID: ";
my $string=<STDIN>;
open FILE, "getCSV.txt" or die $!;
while (<FILE>) { print if /$string/i }
close FILE;

# 4  
Old 04-30-2015
bash runs bash scripts. perl runs perl scripts. Why are you trying to run perl code with bash? You need to call perl to do that.
# 5  
Old 04-30-2015
The wget is not right in the perl . Thank you Smilie.

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my $result = 'wget -O getCSV.txt http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx/data/getCSV.csv');

print "Enter ID: ";
my $string = <>;

open FILE, "getCSV.txt" or die $!;

while (<FILE>) { print if /$string/i }
close FILE;

In bash the code below works I am just learning bash however and not sure on other functions yet but am reading up. Thanks.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

cd 'C:\Users\cmccabe\Desktop\wget'
wget -O getCSV.txt http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx/data/getCSV.csv
 
{
    printf "\n\n"
    printf "What is the id: "; read id
         [ -z "$id" ] && printf "\n No ID supplied. Leaving match function." && sleep 2 && return
         [ "$id" = "end" ] && printf "\n Leaving match function." && sleep 2 && return
}

I am going to close this thread and open a new one sticking to bash . Thank you Smilie.
Last edited by cmccabe; 04-30-2015 at 02:23 PM.. Reason: closed thread
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