Re: script not working, cl works

• L.V.Gandhi (2007-06-28):
  > I have a csv file with 50 lines.
  > lvgandhi@lvgvaio:~/stock/today$ tail -n 5 highs.csv
  > BANKRAJAS,14
  > GARWALLROP,14
  > KERNEX,14
  > ZENITHINFO,14
  > ORBITCORP,14
  > I have a script which has lines
  > ===============================
  > cd /home/lvgandhi/.qtstalker/data1/group/Highs
  > rm -f *
  > for stock in $(cat /home/lvgandhi/stock/today/highs.csv|cut -d,
  > -f1);do ln -s /home/lvgandhi/.qtstalker/data1/data/Stocks/nse/$stock
  > $stock;done
  

I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but you cat try this:

  for i in $(cat /your/file | awk -F ',' '{print $1}') ; do echo ${i} ; done

or

  export IFS=","
  cat /your/file | while read a b ; do echo ${a} ; done

-André

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