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Old 09-16-2008
Error Problem with foreach loop
Hi All,

Is there any problem with the below 'foreach' loop?
foreach risk_factor ($(cat "$rf_list"))

where "rf_list=$SCRIPT/Utility/rflist.txt "

I'm wondering, it is throwing below error message:
syntax error at line 34: `(' unexpected

Any idea/suggestions ?

Thanks in advance / Mysore Ganapati.
Last edited by ganapati; 09-16-2008 at 09:53 AM.. Reason: missing one line
# 2  
Old 09-16-2008
Using cat is redundant try this:

Code:
while read risk_factor; do
  # do something with "$risk_factor"
done < "$rf_list"

Regards
# 3  
Old 09-16-2008
Thanks Franklin,

It worked, but what could be the problem with foreach loop?
Can you clear my doubt please?

Thanks and Regards / Mysore Ganapati
# 4  
Old 09-16-2008
AFAIK for each loops is used in csh/tcsh scripts but I'm not familiar with it.

Regards
# 5  
Old 09-18-2008
you are mixing shells here. $() is understood by bash/ksh, while foreach is csh/zsh specific. Which shell are you actually using?
# 6  
Old 09-19-2008
The error message would indicate Bourne-compatible (sh/ksh/bash -- zsh belongs to this group, too, although it does feature a foreach command, similar to csh's).
# 7  
Old 09-19-2008
Hi Otheus,

I'm using 'csh'. Dont know exactly whether I'm mixing the shells or not!

Cheers ~~ / Mysore Ganapati
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