run built in commands in ABL language

ctoman

11/30/23, 1:10 PM

For some reason in Ubuntu I cannot run built in commands in my code.

This same code works fine in other OS s.

input thru value("cd " + t-dir + " ; ls -1 last-*~"").

I get the /bin/bash: error, for some reason the code cannot find the "cd" command.

Probably my code. I'm just putting out there while on work on the ABL code.

Thanks in advance!

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terdon

11/30/23, 3:52 PM

Why do you have a space in `"cd "`? Does it work if you use `input thru value("cd" + " " + t-dir)`?

ctoman

12/1/23, 3:11 PM

have a space to simulate what i would type on the command line. I got it to work last night, this is the syntax input thru value("cd " + t-dir + "; ls last-*~""). thanks for replying.

terdon

12/1/23, 3:28 PM

If you got it t work, could you please post your solution as an answer so the question can be marked as answered?

ctoman

12/2/23, 4:05 PM

the solution in under my comment. I took out the -1.

ctoman

12/2/23, 4:12 PM

sorry, i did not take out the -1. it was actually another input from that was causing me grief. some reason the bash does not like the tilde before: /*input thru value("cat " + t-dir + tt-log.file-name + " | $DLC/bin/quoter~""). */ after: input thru value("cat /usr/local/hb/last*" + " | $DLC/bin/quoter").

terdon

12/2/23, 4:25 PM

Great, but could you please post it as an answer? Otherwise the system won't see this as answered. Plus, you can accept it and get a bit of reputation which will let you do more things on the site if you decide to stick around!

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