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Old 03-19-2008
foreach loop

Hi Guys,

I have a loop which uses a wildcard

i.e. foreach f (*)

but when I execute the tcsh file in unix then it gives me an error
->>>>>>>foreach: words not parenthesized<<<<<<<<<<-

Any help.
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Old 03-19-2008
Hi.

See https://www.unix.com/shell-programmin...sing-args.html and links to other similar threads in the table at the end of this thread ... cheers, drl
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