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Originally Posted by GoldenEye4ever I need to execute a command that is loaded from a file. Basically, we have several scripts that need to be run at scheduled times. We're going to store those times in the database and update a file with data.

Wouldn't it be easier to use a cron job?

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In that file we'll have scriptName, inputParameters, runTimes, etc... I chose to use tilda (~) as the delimiter as it can't be used by any of the input variables I got it all working, with one exception. If an inputParameter needs to be executed (current date `date +'%d%m'`) Then I get this error: Code: ./chk_master_script.sh[247]: `date +%m%d`: not found Launching script (with parameters): $HOME/daily/scripts/workit.sh This is roughly how I load the data: Code: if [ -s ${masterDataFile} ]; then fileExists=true IFS="~" while read workerScript parameters timingStuff; do ... params=`${parameters}`

According to the contents you posted, the backticks are already there. Use eval to execute it:

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eval "params=${parameters}"

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Code: echo "Launching script (with parameters): ${workerScript} ${params}" ... done File Layout: Code: filename~parameters~schedulingStuffHere Sample File Contents: Code: workerScript.sh~`date '+%m%d'`~stuffGoesHere Thanks

Code:

if [ -s ${masterDataFile} ]; then
  fileExists=true
  
  while IFS="~" read workerScript parameters timingStuff; do
    ...
    eval "params=${parameters}"
    echo "Launching script (with parameters):"
    ${workerScript} ${params}
    ...
  done

Depending on the cntents of $params, you may need to quote the expansion:

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${workerScript} "${params}"