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problems with variables in kornshell
I've got another problem with strings. I was reading a file using the read command like this: while read offNormalStatus do .... done Then I executed the command like this: pcms ac $ChangeRequestID /STATUS="$offNormalStatus" where $ChangeRequestID was always a single String and...- renesteg
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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problems with variables in kornshell
The problem was not in the command level, it was how I set the value for the variable I used. When setting the variable like: nextStatus="INTEGRATION TEST" and using the command pcms ac $ChangeRequestID /STATUS="$nextStatus" the error occurs as described. But when...- renesteg
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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problems with variables in kornshell
I try to execute the following command in a kornshell: pcms ac $ChangeRequestID /STATUS=$nextStatus where "pcms" is a programm of an API I use, "ac" the method of this API-function. Now, when korn shell is gathering the variable "$nextStatus" it seems to stop with...- renesteg
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