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# 1  
Old 02-24-2011
Help with script checking for a file in various servers
I am trying to write a script that checks whether or not, a file exists on multiple servers.
My code / logic so far is:

HTML Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

print "Enter File name to be checked"
read MYFILE

ssh server1 "
              cd /var/opt/logs ;

              if [ -f $MYFILE ]
              then
                  print "$MYFILE exists!"
                  else
                  print "$MYFILE does not exist"
                  fi
              "
ssh server2 "
              cd /var/opt/logs ;

              if [ -f $MYFILE ]
              then
                  print "$MYFILE exists!"
                  else
                  print "$MYFILE does not exist"
                  fi
              "
It's not working.... any help please?
# 2  
Old 02-24-2011
Hi.

It works for me. What exactly isn't working? Error meesages / output / says "file doesn't exist" when it does / ... ?
# 3  
Old 02-24-2011
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh

print "Enter File name to be checked"
read MYFILE

for server in server1 server2
do 
  ssh $server " 
              cd /var/opt/logs ;

              if [ -f $MYFILE ]
              then
                  print \"$MYFILE exists!\"
                  else
                  print \"$MYFILE does not exist\"
                  fi
              "
done

# 4  
Old 02-28-2011
Thanks ... will try and update Smilie
# 5  
Old 02-28-2011
Yep.. putting in a for loop will help...
Also for good coding standards try some variable like MYDIR="/var/opt/logs".

And then check like
Code:
if [ -f ${MYDIR}/${MYFILE} ]
then
  print \"${MYDIR}/${MYFILE} exists!\"
else
  print \"${MYDIR}/${MYFILE} does not exist\"
fi

Its not a good practice to hard code filenames and directories inside the core of the code where you are doing checks, data manipulations kind of stuff.

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment It's also good practice to use code tags Smilie
Last edited by Scott; 02-28-2011 at 12:45 PM..
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