Shell Programming and Scripting

 
 #!/bin/ksh
  
 while IFS=, read f1 f2 f3 f4
do
cat < EOF
        <applicationGroup name="${f1}">
        <field task="update" name="${f2}">
        <mapping dbvalue="${f4}" task="add" displayedValue="${f3}" />
EOF
done < input.txt > out.xml

./2.ksh[5]: syntax error at line 9 : `newline or ;' unexpected

 
 ./2.ksh[3]: syntax error at line 5 : `<' unmatched

 
#!/bin/ksh

exec 3>/path/to/outfile    # to overwrite the file
# exec 3>>/path/to/outfile # instead, to append to the file
  
while IFS=, read f1 f2 f3 f4 ; do
     print -u3 - "<applicationGroup name=\"${f1}\">"
     print -u3 - "     <field task=\"update\" name=\"${f2}\">"
     print -u3 - "          <mapping dbvalue=\"${f4}\" task=\"add\" displayedValue=\"${f3}\" />"
done < input.txt

exec 3>&-

  exec 3>