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Hi guys. I'm looking for a bit of help with a simple bash script I'm trying to create. From what I know about bash scripting (which is not much) it should work but doesn't. I'm using the latest release of ubuntu, but bash is bash... the distro shouldn't matter... i thought. Here's what I've got in the script.
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echo Which file would you like to use?
read file
echo
echo What is the plugin ID you would like to process?
read ID
echo
It'd be easier if you post the exact error msgs ie run the prog and paste the invoking and all the msgs that appear.
Also, as above, post the exact code you are using.
Does the script contain some non-printing characters?
For example, if the script has been edited in a Microsoft editor it could have some carriage return characters in it.
This will display control characters in the script using the '^' notation
(carriage returns will be shown as ^M )
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