Well, now we have got the input file. I have to second RavinderSingh13 saying that it's highly improbable you want store that file's contents into a shell variable (as a final goal). What do you want to do with those data? Please show the final output (as a sample) and the logics (conditions, algorithms) that connect both.
I just want to read the input file by using any code inside the shell script so that the script automatically reads the file and store it in a variable.
As of now i have followed the below in my shell script.
I need to read six different files and apply some grep and cat and sort commands. So instead of asking the user to enter six files manually, i want the script to read the file from the path when it executed.
Is there any way to read the input file instead of the way i used in the script ?
Hope i am clear on my specifications.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi Ravindhar,
I am sorry, may be i am not clear on my specifications.
Below is the script which i wrote.
In the above, i am reading the input by asking user to enter manually when running the shell script. Instead of that, i want the shell script to read the Input file from the path and store it in a variable 'Input1' .
By using the while loop or Input1 = `cat /path/filename/`, i am unable to do it. I am getting a message "Input1 not found" .
Like the above , i have to read six different files and execute same grep and cat commands. So i want to put all of the code in one shell script. Instead of asking user manually to enter six times six different input files, i want the script to read it on its own.
Hope i am clear this time.
Please let me know if you need further any more information.
The original input file contains values for these 14 markets and I want to make all those values to '0.000' . So I am grepping out the 14 markets mentioned in script(514,519 etc) from the input file and appending the CR file to the resulting file and then sorting the final resulting file.
The CR file contains the '0.000' values for all the 14 market and it looks like below.
You want to store something in a variable. What are you going to do with that variable? Leave it sitting there until you quit the session?
You have six input files. Do you want to loop across those? Do you have the files' names in another file to be read in the loop? I can't see the difference (nor identity) between "input file" in post#1 and in post#9.
Please take a step back, start over and rephrase your spec in plain English, supplying input data (obv. already given), control file, final output (as a sample) and the logics (conditions, algorithms) that connect both.
Thanks for suggestions. I will try it out and let you know the results.
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Hi Ravindhar,
I have tried the code as you suggested and the below is working.
Input1="/tmp/chumma_file"
I also tried with while loop. But it did not work.
Code:
while read line
do
echo $line ##### just for an example
done < "$Input1"
However i have proceeded with the first Scenario . Thank you so much for your time and suggestions on this :-)
Hi Cero,
Thanks for your suggestion. I have tried the below code which you suggested but it did not work.
Input1=`cat /path/op.diary`
So I have proceeded with the code which Ravindhar suggested.
Hi Rudi,
Thanks for your time on this. Unfortunately i am not clear on my specifications to you. But thanks a lot for looking into this. As mentioned above i have proceeded with the code which Ravindhar suggested and it worked fine.
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