overcome the error

desiretolearn · 02-03-2014, 04:55 AM

i want to run my script using cron for every minute it must terminate after specified number of execution
my code
head -n 2 samp.csv > a.csv

colucix · 02-03-2014, 05:29 AM

First error is because the space after [ and before ] are mandatory:

Code:

if [ $run -eq 10 ]; then

The second one is because variables names cannot start with a number as in 1=1000.

desiretolearn · 02-03-2014, 05:41 AM

it is still stating that
head: cannot open `samp.csv' for reading: No such file or directory
sed: can't read samp.csv: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open `samp.csv' for reading: No such file or directory
tac: cannot open `samp.csv' for reading: No such file or directory
split: cannot open `samp.csv' for reading: No such file or directory

what might be the reason??

colucix · 02-03-2014, 05:47 AM

Well, the file samp.csv is not inside the current working directory.

descendant_command · 02-03-2014, 05:47 AM

You need to give the full path to the file - it cannot find it in the current directory.

desiretolearn · 02-03-2014, 06:17 AM

yup it did it work

but my counterfile

Quote:

a.log

does not increment each time when the cron is executing my script