[Urgent] Unix Help required

[raksrules]

In Unix i am using the following command to read one line from a file and echo it but this does not work. I have used it before (in another project) and it had worked there

cat /usr/tmp/abc.txt | read errcode
echo $errcode

Is there any other way i can read from this file which will have only one line.

 

[kekerode]

try same on bash shell if not using it

i think another way will be

read errcode < cat /usr/tmp/abc.txt
echo $errcode

 

[raksrules]

^^ This did not work

Changing shell may not be an option for me.

 

[kekerode]

then may be this work out for you

errcode=`cat /usr/tmp/abc.txt`

echo $errcode

[kekerode@m-net ~]$ cat abc.txt

skjdajkdakjdasjkdas

[kekerode@m-net ~]$ echo $err123

[kekerode@m-net ~]$ err123=`cat abc.txt`

[kekerode@m-net ~]$ echo $err123

skjdajkdakjdasjkdas

[kekerode@m-net ~]$

 

[nukeu666]

try this...should work for file of any length

cat my.file | while read LINE ; do
<work>
done

 

[raksrules]

then may be this work out for you

errcode=`cat /usr/tmp/abc.txt`
echo $errcode

[kekerode@m-net ~]$ cat abc.txt
skjdajkdakjdasjkdas
[kekerode@m-net ~]$ echo $err123

[kekerode@m-net ~]$ err123=`cat abc.txt`
[kekerode@m-net ~]$ echo $err123
skjdajkdakjdasjkdas
[kekerode@m-net ~]$

Yeah this one worked perfect. :hap2:

try this...should work for file of any length

cat my.file | while read LINE ; do
<work>
done

I had tried this but it did not work.