At declaration part of the script, I have declared the reporting file as follows:

TMPREPFILE=/home/xxx/yyv/tmp_rep_{$day}.rpt


In side the script I am trying to open $TMPREPFILE.1

I am getting the msg can't open tmp_rep_{$day}.rpt.1

Can you please help how to overcome this error msg and why it's not working.

Thanks in advance.

Try:
Mike

Thanks for your immediate response.

Followed your suggsetion but still facing the same issue.

I just quickly fixed what appeared to be an error.

What is the name of the file you are trying to open?
What does the variable $day contain?
What does the variable $TMPREPFILE contain?

Mike

The file I am trying to open is $TMPREPFILE.1

My declaration for the $TMPREPFILE is as follows:

TMPRPTFILE=/home/aaaa/sec_scb_sby_32_39_40_${day}_${time}.rpt


Content of the $TMPRPTFILE looks like :


SEC_BSC_SBY_037,host,er2lpgsr1,master,f351240,f353 871
SEC_BSC_SBY_037,host,e2lpgsr1,master,f353871,f2537 60
SEC_BSC_SBY_037,host,ge2lpgsr1,master,c23622,f3546 27
SEC_BSC_SBY_037,host,qe2lpgsr1,master,f351240,f353 871
SEC_BSC_SBY_037,host,ve2lpgsr1,master,f353871,f253 76

Let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks

I'm not sure what the name of the file is from the above. If it's whatever is in the TMPREPFILE variable with ".1" added to the end then use :
If you don't show what the variable $TMPREPFILE contains then we won't know if the variables day and time are set correctly. It is best to just do one small thing at a time when changing unix shell scripts and, if anything doesn't work, to just echo out the values of all the variables concerned.

Thanks for your reply.

I followed your suggestion and also removed the date and time variable from the file name but still getting the same error.

But as you mentioned, i just created one file and passing the output to test.log and at then end I did

cat test.log >> test.log.1

This is working perfect. But I don't know why the same is not working in side the script.

Basically the value of $day and $time are not expanding on the fly - as we expect they should in a shell.

So the first thing that you check is he environment where you make the assignment to TEMPREP... If this is all right, then next I would try `echo $day` (enclosed in back-quotes / back ticks) to make the variable.

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Can you substitute he ripple brackets with " so that he shell expands it correctly?

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Without the whole script, its difficult to determine the exact error.
It is possible that that TMPREPFILE has to be exported.

If this is the exact error message, then $TMPREPFILE is either re-defined, or non existent.