how to write this script?

UNIX AIX
1

If I need delete some disk,

for i in hdisk1 hdisk2 hdisk3 hdisk4
do 
rmdev -dl $i
done

if I have more than 100 hdisks, how to write a script like that to delete them?

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create a file myDisks.txt with one disk name per line.

#!/bin/ksh
while read disk
do
  rmdev -dl "${disk}"
done < /path/to/myDisk.txt
3

Thank you,

However, it shows this error:

0403-057 Syntax error at line 4 : `done' is not expected.

4

because vgersh99 just forgot the "do" before the rmdev instruction...

5

ooops - thanks vbe - fixed the post.

6

Thank you all!

7

Since I assume you dont want to remove your rootvg disks, try

for i in $(lspv| awk '!/rootvg/ {print $1}') ; do rmdev -dl $i ; done

Rgds
zxmaus