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Asked: 2026-06-11T07:01:54+00:00

When I try this simple script: #!/bin/bash #append csv FILES= /home/stef/test/* for f in

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When I try this simple script:

#!/bin/bash
#append csv

FILES= /home/stef/test/*

for f in $FILES do
        cat $f >> ~/test.txt done

I get following error:

./append.sh: line 4: /home/stef/test/test2.txt: Permission denied.

What am I doing wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Replace

    FILES= /home/stef/test/*

    with

    FILES=/home/stef/test/*

    The script is trying to evaluate the first match of /home/stef/test/*. It says permission denied because the file is not executable.

    ./append.sh: line 4: /home/stef/test/test2.txt: Permission denied.

    That’s line 4. Try with FOO= * in a non-empty directory.

    And your for ... do; done syntax is borked as well, done needs a separator (; or newline) and so does “do“. That’s not what produces this erroe message however.

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