Execute Perl Script from Bash script

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PowerMan2015

Ok so i have the following script to scrape contact details from a list of urls (urls.txt). When i run the following command direct from the terminal i get the correct result

perl saxon-lint.pl --html --xpath 'string-join(//div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2])' http://url.com

however when i call the above command from within a script i get a "no such file or directory" result

Here is a copy of my script

#!/bin/bash

while read inputline
do
  //Read the url from urls.txt
  url="$(echo $inputline)"

  //execute saxon-lint to grab the contents of the XPATH from the url within urls.txt
  mydata=$("perl saxon-lint.pl --html --xpath 'string-join(//div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2])' $url ")

  //output the result in myfile.csv
  echo "$url,$mydata" >> myfile.csv

  //wait 4 seconds
  sleep 4

//move to the next url
done <urls.txt

i have tried changing the perl to ./ but get the same result

can anyone advise where i am going wrong with this please

The error that i am receiving is

./script2.pl: line 6: ./saxon-lint.pl --html --xpath 'string-join(//div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2])' http://find.icaew.com/listings/view/listing_id/20669/avonhurst-chartered-accountants : No such file or directory

Thanks in advance

glenn jackman

Don't put double quotes inside the command substitution.

Not:

mydata=$("perl saxon-lint.pl --html --xpath 'string-join(//div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2])' $url ")
# .......^...........................................................................................^

But this:

mydata=$(perl saxon-lint.pl --html --xpath 'string-join(//div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[2])' $url )

With the double quotes, you're instructing bash to look for a program named "perl saxon-lint.pl --html etc etc" in the path, spaces and all, and clearly no such program exists.

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