ok, i trie it once more

saavik · 04-17-2002, 09:42 AM

Well hello again!
I have now written the following skript:

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#!/bin/sh

echo "<HTML>"

while [1]; do
read ENTRY
if ["x$ENTRY"="x"];then
break;
fi
Name=`echo $ENTRY | awk '{ print $1}'`
Last=`echo $ENTRY | awk '{ print $2}'`
Dept=`echo $ENTRY | awk '{ print $3}'`
Phone=`echo $ENTRY | awk '{ print $4}'`
Email=`echo $ENTRY | awk '{ print $5}'`

echo " Name: $Name $Last "
echo " Abteilung: $Dept "
echo " Telefon: $Phone "

echo "</HTML>"
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the file testtelefon containes only the name and so
one by one!
i tried to execute it by typing:

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cat testtelefon | createhtml
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and than the pc sayed:

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<HTML>
/usr/bin/createhtml: line 21: syntax error: unexpected end of file
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1. what does that mean?
2. how can i tell the pc where to generate the file ?

thanx for each idea !

Mik · 04-17-2002, 10:01 AM

The while loop is never closed of properly. It's missing the done. Try adding it right above the line echo "</HTML>"

And the first if statement looks a bit weird, try changing it to:

Code:

if [ -z "$ENTRY" ]
then
    break
fi

The output gets sent to stdout so if you want that in a file just do something like:

cat testtelefon | createhtml > newfile.html

acid_kewpie · 04-17-2002, 10:07 AM

ok, a few things:

test: you'ev not got spaces around each [ and ]. [ IS a PROGRAM, not syntax, so MUST have spaces round it...

also you haven't closed your loop, which is what's causnig that line 21 error you've got.

you're using teh while loop very poorly. use "while read ENTRY" instead, and cut out that null strign checking crap.

saavik · 04-18-2002, 11:56 AM

well ok i think this should help!
I will trie it tomorrow and write how it works!
bye