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Shell Script Help
Hi,
I am stuck at some point with shell scripting.
I want to write a shell script which can read commands in a text file and execute the commands.
Suppose I have
cp -r [etc]
mkdir -p [etc]
these commands are in a text file.
I have written a script which can read from the file and display the lines but I want to execute the cp -r [etc] and mkdir -p [etc] with this script.
So can anyone of you help me with this.
Thank you.
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Hello and welcome,
I am not sure I understand what you are asking.
If you mean you want to execute the commands that are in a text file, make that text file executable and then run it, e.g.:
you can also simply source a script in Bash, e.g.:
these commands will be run in your current shell, though, not a separate shell, as in the previous case.
You can also post the content of your text/scripts, so that we may fully understand what you are after.
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No.. That's not what I was looking for.
Anyways one of my friend helped me and thank you very much for your reply.
He suggested I use eval $variable in the script so that the commands I get from the text file can be executed.
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Great, glad you got it sorted.
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