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Old 10-21-2002
How to read from a file in C shell?
Hi All,
I want to read some number from a file into a variable in C shell as follows.

I know that the syntax in ksh is
Code:
read x < file name

I dont know what's the equivalent for this in C Shell

Can some one pls. help me out?

Thanks in advance
raju
Last edited by rbatte1; 01-26-2017 at 06:55 AM..
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Old 10-21-2002
Isn't it the same? I was under the impression that the read statement didn't differ from any of the various shells.
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Old 10-22-2002
Believe it or not, csh cannot read from a file. See question 1b here.

You will need to do something like:
Code:
set x=`cat y`

Last edited by rbatte1; 01-26-2017 at 06:56 AM..
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