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file_list='find /home/attrib/ -name *.csv'
for fn in $file_list
do
echo "Inside the loop"
echo $fn
done
I need the list files available in the specified directory
find /home/attrib/ -name *.csv - This works on the command line and gives the desired output .
But the above script Gives me output sme thing like
find
/home/attrib/
-name
*.csv
Am completely new to shell scripting ...Please help me
for fn in $file_list
do
echo "Inside the loop"
echo $fn
done
I need the list files available in the specified directory
find /home/attrib/ -name *.csv - This works on the command line and gives the desired output .
But the above script Gives me output sme thing like
find
/home/attrib/
-name
*.csv
Am completely new to shell scripting ...Please help me
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Check which quote you are using. On the keyboard it should be the one that slants from the upper left to the lower right, not the other way around and not straight up and down. In the code, it should also appear to slant in that direction and not appear in one of the other two ways.
Last edited by masijade : Aug 21st, 2007 at 6:37 am. Reason: edit: sorry got the corners wrong.
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
--Brian Kernighan
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