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How can I create a short file from within a shell script? [message #98058]

Mon, 12 January 2004 06:46

Art Metzer
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Registered: December 2002

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Hello,

I'm trying to create a Korn shell script that will create a file by the name of a.txt that in turn contains only the text NO DATA.

Here's the shell script (filemaker.sh) I've been attempting:

cat > a.txt
NO DATA    
^D

Note, to get that Ctrl-D in there, I did do a Ctrl-V in vi, followed by a Ctrl-D.

Now, I go to execute my shell script:

$ chmod +x filemaker.sh
$ filemaker.sh

...and it just hangs there. What's worse, after I Ctrl-C out of the hang, a.txt exists, but is completely empty (0 lines, 0 characters).

How can I create that file with the name and contents I want from within a Korn shell script?

Thanks,

Art.

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