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#1: Mar 25 '09
please help me check the script below and tell me what is wrong and how to correct.Thank you

read num
for i in 1 2 3
s =`echo $num |cut -c $i `
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#2: Mar 25 '09

re: shell programming

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  1. for i in 1 2 3 
  2. do #missing
  3. s =`echo $num |cut -c $i ` 
  4. done #missing
also what is $num value?

Raghu
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