Hi,

I am trying to load commands from a text file to variable and use that
variable as part of command.

code file content , test.txt:
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| grep -iv ",x_pt/js/ah contract,16 Sep 2007"
| grep -iv ",x_deductshift,16 Sep 2007"

sh file
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#!/bin/ksh

################################################## ###############
# Program Name
################################################## ###############
PROG_NM="EA Log Pre/Post file Comparison"

################################################## ###############
# Set up environment
################################################## ###############
HOME=/hz/homedev/samigdev/saff5/Saff5Mig
FB=${HOME}
SCRIPTS=${FB}/Src/Scripts
SCRIPTLOG=FilterFilesTest.log
TEMP=${HOME}/Temp
LOG_HIST=${HOME}/History/Logs
ANT=${HOME}/ant
ANT_HOME=/hz/homedev/samigdev/ant
export ANT_HOME
ORA=/appl/oracle/8.1.7
JAVA=/usr/java130:/usr/java130/jre/bin:/usr/java130/jre/bin/classic:/
usr/lib
LINE=`tr '\n' ' ' < ${TEMP}/test.txt`
CMD="cat ${TEMP}/AccountBalanceAfter.log ${LINE}"

# Set the PATH
PATH=${PATH}:$ANT_HOME/bin:${ORA}:${JAVA}:${HOME}/lib/xerces123.jar:$
{HOME}/lib/jdom.jar:${HOME}/lib/log4j1.1.1.jar:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/lib:/
usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/java130/bin:/appl/oracle/
8.1.7/bin:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/lib:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/jdbc/lib/:/usr/
ucb:a:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip:/
appl/oracle/8.1.7/jdbc/lib/nls_charset12.zip:/opt:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/
jdbc/lib/jndi.zip
LIBPATH=/appl/oracle/8.1.7/lib:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/jdbc/lib:/appl/
oracle/8.1.7/precomp/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/dt/lib
export LIBPATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/appl/oracle/8.1.7/lib:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/jdbc/lib:/
appl/oracle/8.1.7/precomp/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/dt/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
CLASSPATH=/appl/oracle/8.1.7/lib/libocijdbc8.so:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/
jdbc/lib/classes12.zip:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/jdbc/lib/nls_charset12.zip:/
opt:/appl/oracle/8.1.7/jdbc/lib/jndi.zip:$feeds/oaw:$feeds/lib/
log4j-1.2.8.jar:$feeds/lib/jdom.jar:$feeds/lib/xerces123.jar:
export CLASSPATH

# Send all output to the log
exec 1>${TEMP}/${SCRIPTLOG} 2>&1
################################################## ###############
# Run the Diff Statements
################################################## ###############
echo "1" > ${TEMP}/check.txt
echo ${LINE} >> ${TEMP}/check.txt
echo "2" >> ${TEMP}/check.txt
echo "${CMD}" >> ${TEMP}/check.txt

#cat ${TEMP}/AccountBalanceAfter.log | grep -iv ",x_pt/js/ah contract,
16 Sep 2007" | grep -iv ",x_deductshift,16 Sep 2007"
#following line does not work ...
cat ${TEMP}/AccountBalanceAfter.log ${LINE}

# Process the result
RetVal=$?
if [ $RetVal -ne 0 ]
then

# cp $(TEMP)/$(SCRIPTLOG) $(LOG_HIST)/$(SCRIPTLOG)_$(date +'%d%m%Y')

echo "${PROG_NM} Failed on $(date +'%R %d/%m/%Y') with status $
{RetVal}"
exit $RetVal

else
cp ${TEMP}/${SCRIPTLOG} ${LOG_HIST}/${SCRIPTLOG}_$(date +'%d%m%Y')

echo "${PROG_NM} Finished Successfully on $(date +'%R %d/%m/%Y')"
exit 0
fi

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Thanks

Beyhan wrote:

> LINE=`tr '\n' ' ' < ${TEMP}/test.txt`
LINE=`tr '\n' ' ' < `cat ${TEMP}/test.txt``

Ivan Gotovchits wrote:

>
>> LINE=`tr '\n' ' ' < ${TEMP}/test.txt`
> LINE=`tr '\n' ' ' < `cat ${TEMP}/test.txt``
or even better:
LINE=`cat ${TEMP}/test.txt | tr -d '\n'`