reading stdin for tcsh script
Jonathan I. Kamens
jik at athena.mit.edu
Fri Jan 18 01:13:48 AEST 1991
Your shell script is not working because it is being evaluated by the bourne
shell, not by the C shell. If you want your shell script to be evaluated by
the C shell, then put "#!/bin/csh -f" as the first line of the script (and
hope that either your kernel or your shells understand the "#!" notation; I
believe ultrix does).
Here's the script without a shell specification at the top:
% cat test
echo Enter NAME :
set title = $<
echo Name : $title
Here's what happens when you run it:
% ./test
Enter NAME :
./test: syntax error at line 3: `newline' unexpected
Now we put a shell specification at the top:
% ed test
53
1i
#!/bin/csh -f
.
w
67
q
And run it again:
% ./test
Enter NAME :
John Doe
Name : John Doe
%
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