SED problem 1

[coopermarsh]

Hi

I have a file called vol.txt conataiing a list of volumes

I want to print the firtds line into a variable

I was running this

VOL="$(cat /tmp/vol.txt | sed -n '1p')"

the output was

ML1234L3: No such file or directory

What am i doing wrong here

 

[feherke]

Hi

[ul]
[li]That is UUOC

VOL="$( sed -n '1p' /tmp/vol.txt )"

[/li]
[li]That is overkill

VOL="$( head -1 /tmp/vol.txt )"

[/li]
[li]That is needless

read VOL < /tmp/vol.txt

[/li]
[/ul]

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[feherke]

Hi

I forgot to say, there is no error in your code, the message must come from other part.

Are you sure the /tmp/vol.txt file's first line is not literally "ML1234L3: No such file or directory" ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[p5wizard]

read VOL < /tmp/vol.txt

I never knew that...

Thanks, p5wizard

 

[coopermarsh]

Fond some wierd alias in a path

working now.


Many thanks