Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 13:24:50 +0200 From: "Daniel A." <ldrada@gmail.com> To: "Malcolm Fitzgerald" <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions @ FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shell scripting question [newby] Message-ID: <5ceb5d550604090424i3f3fa9b2p2077316885aac219@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b1b139752a28f74bc0811281a13932eb@pacific.net.au> References: <b1b139752a28f74bc0811281a13932eb@pacific.net.au>
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On 4/9/06, Malcolm Fitzgerald <mfitzgerald@pacific.net.au> wrote: > I'm trying to follow the instructions at > <http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/>; > > At point four it offers this shell script. > > cut -f 1 -d '$' /usr/local/freebsd-update/work/md5all | uniq | > while read X; do > if [ -f $X ]; then echo $X; fi; > done | sort > /root/base-old > > Running this from root shell in konsole (bash) I get "while: Expression > Syntax". The various hints and clues I get from the shell, the web and > man bash haven't helped me. Would someone provide the correct syntax > for me? > > > thanks > > malcolm > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Are you sure it shouldnt be "$X" instead of "X" in the while clause? I dont know, never tried bash scripting before :)
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