Jeffery, Thanks. Yeah I changed to use: username=`echo $USER|awk '{print $1}'|tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`
and that seemed to work. Thanks for the help. Steve On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:52:36 -0500, Jeffrey E Care <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not just use the user.name system property? You should be able to > reference it via ${user.name} > > -- > Jeffrey E. Care ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > WebSphere Build SWAT Team Lead > WebSphere Build Tooling Lead (Project Mantis) > https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/mantis > > "Steve S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/15/2004 08:59:17 AM: > > > I am trying to run the following: > > > > <exec executable="/bin/sh" dir="/usr/local/tools/bin"> > > <arg line="test_script"/> > > </exec> > > > > test_script tries to do something like: > > username=`who am i|awk '{print $1}'|tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"` > > where username is used as input for another script. I get the > > following error though: > > [exec] Must be attached to terminal for 'am I' option > > > > This seems simple but am I missing something obvious? > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]