[vox-tech] bash question

[Bill Kendrick]

On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 11:48:38AM -0800, Matt Holland wrote:
> Hey all, I'm trying to automate some grunt work, and for the life of me, 
> I can't figure out where I'm going wrong.  Here's a simplified version 
> of what I'm trying to do:
> 
> -----
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> # testrun.sh -- run the simulations to be done in the current directory
> #
> # usage: testrun.sh <prog>
> #        where <prog> is the program to be run on all of the input files
> 
> for I in *.in
> do
>     J=`basename $I .in`
>     "$1 > $J.out";

The thing you're doing here is trying to run the command:

  hello > 0001.out

rather than trying to run the command:

  hello

and then redirecting the output (">") to the file 0001.out  :^)


Try:

  "$1" > "$J.out";

maybe?

-bill!