Problem in making a script

[Nils Kassube]

amritpal pathak wrote:
>    Thank you very much .
>                                             it is working now.it is
> replacing the user's input with line number 4's content in abc file
> but it also removes the contents which are after the line number 4
> i.e 5,6,7 so on.everyline gets remove.
> It is not feasible
> 
> Why?

Well, there probably is no file "abc" but only "abc.tex" ...

> tail -n $(($LEN - 4)) "abc" >> "$TEMP"

This line should be

tail -n $(($LEN - 4)) "abc.tex" >> "$TEMP"


Nils