[olug] sed and sh

[Jon H. Larsen]

I'm currently modifying a script that came with Hylafax where I am 
attaching a PDF version of the Tif fax document to an email, and 
delivering it.

I created a TEST script to work on the bit of code that I need to truncate 
the filename.

#!/bin/sh
#
# trunctest.sh


FILE="$1"
TRUNCFILE=`echo $FILE | /bin/sed -e 's/recvq\///' | /bin/sed -e 's/\.tif//'`

echo $TRUNCFILE


Run it like so:
./trunctest.sh recvq/fax00022.tif

output:
fax00022

Works great.

When I stick the lines in the production faxrcvd script, output is always 
blank. 

FILE="$1"
TRUNCFILE=`echo $FILE | /bin/sed -e 's/recvq\///' | /bin/sed -e 's/\.tif//'`

$TRUNCFILE is only used in echo statements in the script, and is only 
defined once. 

I've tried to use some of the PDF scripts provided by another source, but 
they didn't work as I had expected them.  This truncate issue is the only 
thing holding me back from putting fax receive into production in our 
environment (send has been running for a year now).  The script will 
deliver a PDF, but I'd rather have a more descriptive filename other than 
".PDF" on the attachment. :)

Puzzled...
Jon L.


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