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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Shouldn't have " " to make it echo out the contents of $mname</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:26:03 +0900</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">From: Bidyut Bikash Goswami <</span><a href="mailto:bidyut@yonsei.ac.kr" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">bidyut@yonsei.ac.kr</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">></span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">To:<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu</a><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Subject: [ncl-talk] Running NCL script from shell script</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Hello All,</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">I am trying to run my ncl script from the following shell script:</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">#!/bash/bin</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">for i in {1..2}</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">do</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">echo $i</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">ncl myfile.ncl</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">done</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Runs perfectly fine =></span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">[</span><a href="mailto:bidyut@localhost" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">bidyut@localhost</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">]$
sh<span> </span></span><a href="http://test.sh/" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">test.sh</a><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">1</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Copyright (C) 1995-2017 - All Rights Reserved</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">University Corporation for Atmospheric Research</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">NCAR Command Language Version 6.4.0</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">See<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;"><span> </span>for
more details.</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">(0) Hello</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">2</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Copyright (C) 1995-2017 - All Rights Reserved</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">University Corporation for Atmospheric Research</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">NCAR Command Language Version 6.4.0</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">See<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;"><span> </span>for
more details.</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">(0) Hello</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">But if I try to run:</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">#!/bash/bin</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">cat myfile| while read mname</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">do</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">echo "$mname"</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">echo "Running the NCL script"</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">ncl myfile.ncl</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">done</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">I get an error=></span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">[</span><a href="mailto:bidyut@localhost" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">bidyut@localhost</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">]$
sh<span> </span></span><a href="http://test1.sh/" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">test1.sh</a><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">name1</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Running the NCL script</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Copyright (C) 1995-2017 - All Rights Reserved</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">University Corporation for Atmospheric Research</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">NCAR Command Language Version 6.4.0</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">See<span> </span></span><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;"><span> </span>for
more details.</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">(0) Hello</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">fatal:syntax error: line -1 before or near \n</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">name2</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">-----^</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">fatal:error in statement</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">What am I doing wrong?</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">FYI, Here are the associated file contents:</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">[</span><a href="mailto:bidyut@localhost" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">bidyut@localhost</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">]$
cat myfile</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">name1</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">name2</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">[</span><a href="mailto:bidyut@localhost" style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">bidyut@localhost</a><span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">]$
cat myfile.ncl</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">begin</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">print("Hello")</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">end</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Thanks,</span><br style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px;">
<span style="font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.6667px; display: inline !important;">Bidyut</span><br>
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