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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Just started shell scripting for the first time today :D Can anyone tell me why I get the error "foreach: Words not parenthesized." for my following code? The program takes in a list of arguments.
foreach card ($argv)
echo Hello
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Hi everyone I'm new to unix and encountered a small problem i couldnt find out a reason why it doesn't work..please help..
in my csh script when i tried to use the foreach loop like this:
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey all,,
I know cshell is harmful:) but I am using this just "to know" - for educational purposes!... not for a long-term use.
lets say i have a list..
set arr=(x y z e f)
I wanna iterate the list with foreach ,, not with while.!!
foreach i $arr
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a foreach loop in a csh script and I noticed that it tries to find the files with the pattern *$searchpt* in the file name. I'm confused as I never specified checking for the files.
foreach f ( *$searchpt* )
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi everyone
Does anyone know what is wrong with this script. i keep getting errors
foreach filename (`cat testing1`)
set string=$filename
set depth=`echo "$string"
echo $depth
end
the error is the following
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
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. (1 Reply)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
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This has got to be a difficult question, as I've worked on it for a good amount of time now & still puzzled...
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
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