system command

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Dennis Malen (Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:50:40 -0500):

> Mark,
>
> I have tried everyone's suggestions and then some. I used the
> redirecting suggestion, I used your changes in the script, I have
> done what Ken requested. It does not work.

Which of my suggestions did you try, and can you define "does not
work"?  Since my suggestions weren't solutions, but rather methods
to determine the problem, what "didn't work" about them?

> I have also tried the sh -c.

What came after the "sh -c"?

> You say it worked on your system flawlessly. What worked! Did it execute
> the file or did you just see a return script.

You create a text file.  How does one "execute" a text file that's not
a shell script?

> How do you know it worked. I used all your scripts and it didn't work..

My guess is that you posted somewhere along the way what is the exact
sequence of characters you needed created, and his file contained these
characters.  (This thread has gone back and forth so many times, I've
forgotten if this sequence was posted, or what it consisted of.)

> My last suggestion did work if the script was in an executable file.
> My only problem is being able to append to the line so I can put in
> the variable record number. Note, it must append to the line and not
> go to the next line. If anyone knows how to do it, please let me know.

Don't put a newline into the file.

> I had to develop a work around after the suggestions did not work. You
> can't blame me for that.
[...]

But you never told us the outcome of the suggestions.  Since none of
my suggestions were solutions, but rather methods of determining what
was the problem, how can one say they "didn't work"?

What suggested solutions have you tried?

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