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Old 09-09-2008
Ctrl-M characters embedded in your script throughout; that's the reason why the while loop isn't working. This behavior is commonly seen when one mixes Windows (DOS) and UNIX. Run your script through the dos2unix utility to get rid of the Ctrl-M's and that should take care of the issues.
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Old 09-09-2008
Thanks a lot guys... it works perfectly.Smilie
Great learning experience Smilie
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