What is wrong with the following code?

[Srinivas Janaswamy]

#! /bin/sh

fname=names.dat

var=( cat $fname | we -l )

echo $var

[Keith Bradnam]

1. Is this script producing any errors when you run it (this would be helpful to know)?
   
2. What is the purpose of the script (this would also be helpful to know)?
   
3. How are you running the script (this would also be helpful to know)?
   
4. Is there a file named 'names.dat' in the directory where you run the script?
   
5. Did you intend for there to be a space between the #! and the /bin/sh?

[Srinivas Janaswamy]

Thanks Keith, 

(1) Yep, the script is not giving me the value that I need to get.

(2) I am revising my programming skills

(3) In the Bourne shell, after creating the executable version through chmod operation

(4) names.dat file is available

(5) Yes, there is a space between #! and /bin/sh

[Keith Bradnam]

More specifically, what is the command that you are running, and what is the error message that you are seeing?

[Mike Covington]

Do you mean var=`wc -l $fname` instead of var=( cat $fname | we -l ) ?

On Monday, June 9, 2014 1:21:20 PM UTC-7, Srinivas Janaswamy wrote: