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cl script is not running on unix terminal

sapna wrote on Jun 06, 2017


Dear all,

Does anyone know how to run *.cl scripts on the normal unix terminal??

For eg. I am running a script from the normal unix terminal as:

$ cl < /home/sap/Script/clean_photo.cl

and I am getting an error like:

astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>astutil>

I also tried with $ cl -o < /home/sap/Script/clean_photo.cl as I read somewhere but again same error.

Can anyone suggest how to do it.

Thanks in advance !!

Ole Streicher wrote on Aug 20, 2017


CL is meant to be used interactively, not within a script.

You can however "abuse" the feature to load an alternative startup script to run a command -- this is the common way to run scripts:

  • add a line "logout" at the end of your script

  • run it with "cl -f /home/sap/Script/clean_photo.cl"



Last post on Aug 20, 2017