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Re: problems with script


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Christopher Spears wrote:

> I created the following script:
>
> #!/bin/tcsh
>
> #csh script to prepend standard input to file argument
> #Version 1
>
> #name temp file
> set tf = /tmp/ppd.$$
>
> #get argument name
> set dest = $argv[1]
>
> #copy standard input, $dest to $tf
> cat - $dest > $tf
>
> #replace original file
> mv $tf $dest
>
> However, when I run the script in the tcsh with the
> following command line:
> (date; du ~) | ./ppd.txt ~/disk_storage&
>
> I get a syntax error (set: Syntax Error).
>
> I posted this script on an online Linux forum.  A
> member copied it into vi, and it worked fine.  Is
> there something in Cygwin that I need to do?  I have
> written #!/bin/tcsh at the top, and I haved used set
> before in tcsh.

Nope.  WFM in Cygwin 1.5.9, tcsh 6.12.00, Win2k.  This could be caused by
the presence of a control character in your script (e.g., if you edited it
in MS Word).  Try changing the first line to "#!/bin/tcsh -x" to see
exactly which commands are invoked.  Pipe stderr through "cat -A" to see
any special characters.
	Igor
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