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# 1  
Old 04-09-2012
Running a script from another script by moving directories
I have created this script and does not seem to be behaving well.

Basically I am in a directory, I just want to do down two directories, run the script

HTML Code:
georom_replaceText.tcsh
This will produce a file in the subdirectory, which I then run. Finally go back to where I started. Afterwards I repeat by going to another directory. The funny thing is that running the command on their own one after each other on the command line, everything seems to work without problems.

Code:
#!/bin/tcsh

cd ./geo1936/geo01n01; /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh --year=1936 *.html; ./georom14-1936.run; cd ../..
cd ./geo1936/geo01n02; /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh --year=1936 *.html; ./georom14-1936.run; cd ../..
cd ./geo1936/geo01n03; /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh --year=1936 *.html; ./georom14-1936.run; cd ../..
cd ./geo1937/geo02n01; /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh --year=1937 *.html; ./georom14-1937.run; cd ../..
cd ./geo1937/geo02n02; /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh --year=1937 *.html; ./georom14-1937.run; cd ../..

# 2  
Old 04-09-2012
@kristinu This is getting tiresome because you continue to post vague topics with no context, verging on the abstract.
Quote:
Basically I am in a directory, I just want to do down two directories, run the script
Please post your question in good unambiguous plain English (your post reads as gibberish in plain English) and make it clear what Operating System and version you are running and what Shell you are using (I worked out that is is probably tcsh but we all know that MSDOS-type file extensions have no meaning whatsoever in unix).

Back on topic:
Please post the contents of:
georom_replaceText.tcsh
Last edited by methyl; 04-09-2012 at 05:09 PM..
# 3  
Old 04-09-2012
I am working on ubuntu 11.10 and writing some tcsh scripts.

I am in directory below, with the contents displayed below:

Code:
$ pwd
/geo14htm/abstracts

$tree -fid
./tle2007
./tle2007/tle26n01
./tle2007/tle26n02
./tle2007/tle26n03
./tle2007/tle26n04
./tle2007/tle26n05
./tle2007/tle26n06
./tle2007/tle26n07
./tle2007/tle26n08
./tle2007/tle26n09
./tle2007/tle26n10
./tle2007/tle26n11
./tle2007/tle26n12
./tle2008
./tle2008/tle27n01
./tle2008/tle27n02
./tle2008/tle27n03
./tle2008/tle27n04
./tle2008/tle27n05
./tle2008/tle27n06
./tle2008/tle27n07
./tle2008/tle27n08
./tle2008/tle27n09
./tle2008/tle27n10
./tle2008/tle27n11
./tle2008/tle27n12

I also have a tcsh script

Code:
$ls *.tcsh /geo14htm/abstracts
modifyAbstracts.tcsh

$cat modifyAbstracts.tcsh
 #!/bin/tcsh
cd ./tle2007/tle26n01;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n02;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n03;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n04;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n05;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n06;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n07;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n08;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n09;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n10;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n11;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2007/tle26n12;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2007 *.html; ./georom14-2007.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n01;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n02;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n03;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n04;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n05;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n06;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n07;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n08;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n09;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n10;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n11;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..
cd ./tle2008/tle27n12;  /home/chrisd/srv/sunny/hstmy/bin/tcsh/georom_replaceText.tcsh  --year=2008 *.html; ./georom14-2008.run; cd ../..

Does it make a difference whether I run the script or run them on the command line.

I am running things in this way

Code:
$ pwd
/geo14htm/abstracts
./modifyAbstracts.tcsh

georom_replaceText.tcsh 

creates the scripts

georom14-2007.run and georom14-2008.run

in the subdirectories

./tle2007/tle26n01
./tle2007/tle26n02
./tle2007/tle26n03
./tle2007/tle26n04
./tle2007/tle26n05
./tle2007/tle26n06
./tle2007/tle26n07
./tle2007/tle26n08
./tle2007/tle26n09
./tle2007/tle26n10
./tle2007/tle26n11
./tle2007/tle26n12
./tle2008/tle27n01
./tle2008/tle27n02
./tle2008/tle27n03
./tle2008/tle27n04
./tle2008/tle27n05
./tle2008/tle27n06
./tle2008/tle27n07
./tle2008/tle27n08
./tle2008/tle27n09
./tle2008/tle27n10
./tle2008/tle27n11
./tle2008/tle27n12

which I then need to run either

georom14-2007.run or georom14-2008.run

in
Code:
./tle2007/tle26n01
 ./tle2007/tle26n02
 ./tle2007/tle26n03
 ./tle2007/tle26n04
 ./tle2007/tle26n05
 ./tle2007/tle26n06
 ./tle2007/tle26n07
 ./tle2007/tle26n08
 ./tle2007/tle26n09
 ./tle2007/tle26n10
 ./tle2007/tle26n11
 ./tle2007/tle26n12
 ./tle2008/tle27n01
 ./tle2008/tle27n02
 ./tle2008/tle27n03
 ./tle2008/tle27n04
 ./tle2008/tle27n05
 ./tle2008/tle27n06
 ./tle2008/tle27n07
 ./tle2008/tle27n08
 ./tle2008/tle27n09
 ./tle2008/tle27n10
 ./tle2008/tle27n11
 ./tle2008/tle27n12

# 4  
Old 04-10-2012
Code:
$cat modifyAbstracts.tcsh
 #!/bin/tcsh

May be a mispost but there appears to be a leading space on the first line of the script which will cause the #!/bin/tcsh to be ignored.
# 5  
Old 04-10-2012
I have run the script and things are fine. And I fixed some problems. Not sure why the script failed on some instances. Anyway, I found the files with the problem and now things are working.
This User Gave Thanks to kristinu For This Post:
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