Pipe Separator?

[cartersk]

Hey,

I am having a problem running a script with the following line in it.

echo "${BBALPHAMSG}" | "/usr/bin/snpp -f $HOST"
(all on one line}

I get an error message saying that the file or directory "usr/bin/snpp" does not exist or is invalid.

but when I take out the | and move the /usr/bin/snpp -f $HOST to the second line it works fine... why would the | be causing such a problem? Or am I just using the pipe separator incorrectly?

"Mandrake 7.1 running Big Brother"

Thanks... :confused:

[Craig McPherson]

Originally posted by cartersk:
<STRONG>echo "${BBALPHAMSG}" | "/usr/bin/snpp -f $HOST" </STRONG>

echo "${BBALPHAMSG}" | /usr/bin/snpp -f $HOST