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Old 06-27-2007
Prompting for Input - Getting Undefined Variable

#!/bin/csh -f

echo "Enter MEUPS User Id :-"
read UID
echo "You entered $UID"
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Whn executed, I get an error message "UID: Undefined variable"
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Old 06-27-2007
Try the first line as

Code:
#!/bin/sh

 
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