Is it possible to use the ksh's for loop in BF console?

I am trying to use a ksh for loop inside of BF console. Here is the syntax,

for f in $(find . -name *.xml); do
echo $f
done

I can't get the $f variable initialized.

Here is the output,

325 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f
326 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f

I am currently on BF 7.1.1.4.

yes, you just have to add extra "$" to the front of your variable. There are multiple evaluations between the step command box and the actual execution that necessitate the multiplication of the '$' character on the front of an env var.

I'd suggest

for f in `find . -name *.xml`; do 

echo $$$$f 

done

I am trying to use a ksh for loop inside of BF console. Here is the syntax,

for f in $(find . -name *.xml); do
echo $f
done

I can't get the $f variable initialized.

Here is the output,

325 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f
326 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f

I am currently on BF 7.1.1.4.

yes, you just have to add extra "$" to the front of your variable. There are multiple evaluations between the step command box and the actual execution that necessitate the multiplication of the '$' character on the front of an env var.

I'd suggest

for f in `find . -name *.xml`; do 

echo $$$$f 

done

Thanks that worked, however, I was trying to use for loop to launch multiple jobs.

for f in `find . -name *.xml`

do

.set MYENV "MYXML=$$$$$f"

.run "MYProject"

done

I would get the following error.

312	Tuesday January 4 2011 03:37:05PM GMT	EXEC	ksh[3]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 3 : `for' is not matched.

I am trying to use a ksh for loop inside of BF console. Here is the syntax,

for f in $(find . -name *.xml); do
echo $f
done

I can't get the $f variable initialized.

Here is the output,

325 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f
326 Tuesday January 4 2011 10:03:04AM GMT EXEC f

I am currently on BF 7.1.1.4.

yes, you just have to add extra "$" to the front of your variable. There are multiple evaluations between the step command box and the actual execution that necessitate the multiplication of the '$' character on the front of an env var.

I'd suggest

for f in `find . -name *.xml`; do 

echo $$$$f 

done

Thanks that worked, however, I was trying to use for loop to launch multiple jobs.

for f in `find . -name *.xml`

do

.set MYENV "MYXML=$$$$$f"

.run "MYProject"

done

I would get the following error.

312	Tuesday January 4 2011 03:37:05PM GMT	EXEC	ksh[3]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 3 : `for' is not matched.

you cannot use dot-commands from within shell commands. the steps are broken up into pieces prior to, containing, and after the dot-commands.

that's why you get a syntax error... the for and do line are in their own shell.

I think .load might work for you though. You can dynamically create a step and execute it.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/bldforge/v7r1m2/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.rational.buildforge.doc/topics/dotcmd_load.html

The .load command loads a project from an XML file and adds the steps of the loaded project to the current project, after the step that executed the .load command, allowing a project to dynamically create and load steps at run time. Using options, you can cause the .load command to draw its data from a register or from the output of a command.

Thank you very much for your input..

I have found a workaround for my problem.

Basically, I create a queue file containing the list of files to be processed. I wrote a popQueue script to pop the first item of the queue and set it in the env variable. Then, I create a while-loop conditional step command checking the variable. After each .run, I do another pop and set command to get ready for the next launch. The while-loop will stop when there is no more file in the queue.