Re: ksh scripting problem

In article <bob-FA4A41.10151308022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Robert Peirce <bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Does anybody have any idea why this works:
> 
> IFS='   '
> exec 0< "db/s.d"
> while read line
> do
>         set $line
>         if      (($3>0)) && ((${15}<16))
>         then
> 
> And this doesn't?
> 
> exec 0< "s.p"
> while read line
> do
>         set $line
>         ((++wkcnt))
>         if      (($1>0))   [>0: arithmetic syntax error]
>         then

Abject apologies for rank stupidity.  Each line in the s.p file ends 
with \r\n instead of just \n.  It is necessary to replace "set $line" 
with something like p=$(print $line | tr -d '\r').  Then ((p>0)) works 
fine.

The \r crap is a holdover from Windows.

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