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Its /usr/bin/ksh ....

Try running reborg's version of the script with the header (i.e. the first line) as

#! /usr/bin/ksh

vino

either /bin/ksh or /usr/bin/ksh, /bin is a compatibility link on Solaris, though it is better to use /usr/bin/ksh as the link may be removed at some time in the future.

The only remaining thing I can think of is that is you execute the script as:

sh theSctipt.sh it will be interpreted in bourne, giving the error you are seeing.

Hi,

Thanks for all your help. I am able to execute the shell with couple of minor changes.

MONTH=`date +%b`
YEAR=`date +%y`
mth=$MONTH | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'

But the translate function is not working. It is echoing as blank.

One more thing I would like to mention is that even if what ever the date I am running the script, but the script has to copy the files which are having the maximum month & year of the file.

For e.g. if I run the script today and the files present are of may & june's files i.e. bas100e1_may05, bas100e1_jun05. Then I have to copy bas100e1_jun05 to bas100e1. Can this be possible?

Thanks
Shash

Since the back ticks work, try this.

Code:

mth=`echo $MONTH | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`

Certainly.

Tho it requires more scripting.

Vino

Hi Vino,

Thank you very much. It worked....

But can you help me with my previous query...
Can you please help me with the script.

Thanks
Shash

How about this ?

Code:

#! /usr/bin/ksh

YEAR=`date +%y`
month="dec nov oct sep aug jul jun may apr mar feb jan"
for mon in $month
do
file=`ls *"$mon"* 2>/dev/null`
FILE=${file%%_$mon$YEAR}
cp $file $FILE
done

It assumes all the files of type bas100e1_xxx05 will end in 05, i.e. a 2005 file.

It actually came out much easier than I had thought it would be.

Vino