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# 1  
Old 02-23-2012
bash variable string declaration

Hello,

Why is this not working in a script?

Code:
files="test.fsa"
echo $files
for file in $files
do
        if [ ! -e "$file" ]
                then
                        echo "$file does not exist."
        fi
       run a command
done

I get an error saying

Quote:
files=contig.fsa: Command not found.
files: Undefined variable.
# 2  
Old 02-23-2012
Did you edit this script in Microsoft Notepad? That will fill the file with useless carriage returns that will confuse the shell in many ways.

---------- Post updated at 09:49 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:48 AM ----------

If "test.fsa" is a list of files, you should be doing this:

Code:
while read file
do
...
done < test.fsa

# 3  
Old 02-23-2012
No I wrote it with vi editor. I have no idea what's going on. I also tried this (the entire script):

Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
#$ -pe threaded 20
#$ -l mem_free=50G
#$ -cwd
for i in *.txt
do
        if [ -f $i ]
                then
                        echo "$i exists, proceeding with description generator..."
                else
                        echo "there is an error processing $i ... check it."
        fi

./f1 $i ./description-tables/$i-output 10 30 40 DATA
done

I received an error message saying:
Quote:
for: No match.
do: Command not found.
i: Undefined variable.
What's going on here?
# 4  
Old 02-23-2012
cat -v script.sh
 
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