setting variable in a text file where the filename is a variable

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This is what i roughly try to do. I'm just echoing the $sql to test that the variable is set. What I want the script to do is run the next command



#run each sql in the folder 
for file in ./tableau_views/*
do
sql = $(cat "$file")
echo $sql
#bq query --use_legacy_sql=false $sql
done








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This is what i roughly try to do. I'm just echoing the $sql to test that the variable is set. What I want the script to do is run the next command



#run each sql in the folder 
for file in ./tableau_views/*
do
sql = $(cat "$file")
echo $sql
#bq query --use_legacy_sql=false $sql
done








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This is what i roughly try to do. I'm just echoing the $sql to test that the variable is set. What I want the script to do is run the next command



#run each sql in the folder 
for file in ./tableau_views/*
do
sql = $(cat "$file")
echo $sql
#bq query --use_legacy_sql=false $sql
done








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This is what i roughly try to do. I'm just echoing the $sql to test that the variable is set. What I want the script to do is run the next command



#run each sql in the folder 
for file in ./tableau_views/*
do
sql = $(cat "$file")
echo $sql
#bq query --use_legacy_sql=false $sql
done






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  • You have extra spaces around the = in your assignment.
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  • You have extra spaces around the = in your assignment.
    – Michael Homer
    3 mins ago















You have extra spaces around the = in your assignment.
– Michael Homer
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You have extra spaces around the = in your assignment.
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