echo "$foo $abc" > $FILE

Why doest this write to the screen and not to file and how could I fix it

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James wrote:
> echo "$foo $abc" > $FILE
>
> Why doest this write to the screen and not to file and how could I fix it
It does here.
Tell us a bit about which OS and shell you are using,
along with what you put in your FILE,foo and abc variables.

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bourne
foo is full filename ie /ect/passwd
abc is a number
os is SunOS
"Nils O. Selåsdal" <NOS@Utel.no> wrote in message
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> James wrote: 
it[vbcol=seagreen]
> It does here.
> Tell us a bit about which OS and shell you are using,
> along with what you put in your FILE,foo and abc variables.

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What does it return if you don't use the variables & use real data?

-#2pencil-

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James wrote:
> bourne
> foo is full filename ie /ect/passwd
> abc is a number
> os is SunOS

eric@lw:~ (1)> exec /bin/sh
$ foo="/etc/passwd"
$ abc="10"
$ FILE="/home/eric/bar"
$ echo "$foo $abc" > $FILE
$ cat /home/eric/bar
/etc/passwd 10
$ uname -a
SunOS lw 5.11 snv_18 i86pc i386 i86pc

Works fine here.  Could you post the exact commands/variables
you are trying?

Eric

> "Nils O. Selåsdal" <NOS@Utel.no> wrote in message
> news:433134cc$1@news.broadpark.no... 
> it 
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James wrote:
> echo "$foo $abc" > $FILE
>
> Why doest this write to the screen and not to file and how could I fix it
>
>

What's in $FILE?  Perhaps it needs to be quoted.  Also what does "which
echo" say?  Anything unexpected?

-- ced

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Chuck Dillon
Senior Software Engineer
NimbleGen Systems Inc.

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