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Am I going to have to use an AWK of some sort?<br />

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Am I going to have to use an AWK of some sort?


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Your problem may be in the runsetnotecmd, the first time it should write the subsequent times it should append.<br />
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Your problem may be in the runsetnotecmd, the first time it should write the subsequent times it should append.



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I am not a Unix coder - but I have to create automation scripts for my application. &nbsp;So I am a hack. &nbsp;I am trying to figure out a way to read a multi-line text file into a variable to be used in a function. &nbsp;The text file is 5 time stamps with CR after each I added a final 6th line that says END to the file. &nbsp;I am trying this command currently:<br />
Until CONTENTS = &quot;END&quot;<br />
read CONTENTS<br />
do<br />
runsetnotecmd;<br />
done &lt;&nbsp;$NoteMsg<br />
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Runsetnotecmd reads the $CONTENTS variable and writes it to a note area of my application. &nbsp;Currently - I get line number 5 directly preceding the END as the variable contents. &nbsp;I need all 5 lines.<br />
Thank you for your help
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I am not a Unix coder - but I have to create automation scripts for my application.  So I am a hack.  I am trying to figure out a way to read a multi-line text file into a variable to be used in a function.  The text file is 5 time stamps with CR after each I added a final 6th line that says END to the file.  I am trying this command currently:
Until CONTENTS = "END"
read CONTENTS
do
runsetnotecmd;
done < $NoteMsg

Runsetnotecmd reads the $CONTENTS variable and writes it to a note area of my application.  Currently - I get line number 5 directly preceding the END as the variable contents.  I need all 5 lines.
Thank you for your help

Read Multi-Line file in as variable

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