Bash Script works in CentOS, fails in Debian

[cmorris14]

I have a portion of a script that works fine when I'm using it in CentOS, but fails in Debian. The script is below.

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#!/bin/csh -f
...
foreach i (`cat /home/user/systems.txt`)
	$ping $i > /dev/null
	if $status != 0  continue
	/bin/echo $i >> /home/user/lservers
end
...

The error is - Syntax error: "(" unexpected

What is the problem?

[dasein]

What is the problem?

A potentially much more informative question is: what have you been able to rule out, based on the research you've done so far?

[tomazzi]

cmorris14:
This is a csh script which deos not work under bash.
Perhaps more verbose error message would be "foreach does not name a function"...

In bash You should use:
for var in ...

Regards.

[dasein]

Another homework problem successfully answered.

[aicardi]

Another homework problem successfully answered.

+1 lol

[tomazzi]

Another homework problem successfully answered.

+1 lol

Yeah, LOL, spamming threads can be funny...
..and the post counter is rising... so You two may feel better (a more important persons), but You know what? - peoples are reading such threads and they are taking the conclusions...

Regards.

[runfrodorun]

But better yet, your initial answer is wrong.

#!/bin/csh

specifies that the script is to be run with csh regardless of the interactive shell that the user has chosen. A simple google search and a brief test will show this... and the people reading this thread will see you being incorrect and needlessly confrontational.

[tomazzi]

ooops, somehow I've missed the response in this thread...

But better yet, your initial answer is wrong.

#!/bin/csh

specifies that the script is to be run with csh regardless of the interactive shell that the user has chosen. A simple google search and a brief test will show this... and the people reading this thread will see you being incorrect and needlessly confrontational.

It was not clear (at the moment when I've written a reply) whether cmorris14 is going to use original file with shebang or not. The error message shows, that He's not using shebang, and therefore my previous reply is valid. So It's also obvious, that I think that Your reply is nothing more than trolling.

Regards.