Thanks
This program will extract names from an input and put them into another
command.
userfile=$1
s=0
for i in 'cat $userfile ';do
# s=$s+1
NAME='cut -d : -f1'
echo $NAME
# echo $s
done
The output is as below instead of a list of names as I would like
[root@Lizzi root]# ./addscusers scusers
cut -d : -f1
[root@Lizzi root]#
Many thanks
Mike
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Sent: Monday, 2 December 2002 07:56
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Change the line:
$NAME='cut -d : -f1'
to be:
NAME='cut -d : -f1'
$NAME as a left-hand operator causes expansion, which in this case probably
expands to "", leaving you with:
='cut -d : -f1'
which is the text of your error message.
ahp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mikevl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 13:52
> To: Redhat-List (E-mail)
> Subject: Shell scripting help
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> Thanks Robert
>
> No I didn't name the file useradd it has quite a different name
> The cut command works from the command line but from the script I get
>
> [root@Lizzi root]# ./addscusers scusers
> ./addscusers: =/bin/cut -d : -f1: No such file or directory
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day
> Sent: Monday, 2 December 2002 07:08
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Shell scripting help
>
>
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Bill Horne wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mikevl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Can anybody help with this simple script
> > >
> > > Command is useradd userfile
> > >
> > >
> > > useradd
> > > userfile=$1
> > > s=0
> > > for i in 'cat $userfile ';do
> > > $NAME='cut -d : -f1'
> > > echo $NAME
> > > done
> >
> > info cut.
>
> *please* tell me you didn't actually name the executable
> script file "useradd".
>
> rday
>
>
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