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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help with Shell script for FTP Post 302399837 by cfajohnson on Monday 1st of March 2010 05:57:53 PM
Old 03-01-2010

As others have pointed out, the ftp command is not designed for scripting. Use scp if you can. Otherwise use the ncftp set of commands.
Quote:
Code:
function Main {
Init
while IFS=, read line; do
host=$(echo "${line}" | cut -d, -f1,1)
acct=$(echo "${line}" | cut -d, -f2,2)
pass=$(echo "${line}" | cut -d, -f3,3)
FTP ${host} ${acct} ${pass} "${comd}"
done < $filename
}


There's no need for an external command (cut):
Code:
Main() {
Init
while IFS="," read host acct pass
do
  FTP "$host" "$acct" "$pass" "$comd"
done < $filename
}

 

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holidays(4)							   File Formats 						       holidays(4)

NAME

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SYNOPSIS

       /etc/acct/holidays

DESCRIPTION

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EXAMPLES

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       * Prime/Nonprime Table for the accounting system
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