What Operating System are you issuing the ftp command on?
What Operating System are you connecting to (if known)?
What (in words not code) are you trying to do?
Brainspark!
Is the remote computer addressed by a URL (like a website) or a computer with a normal unix hostname? If it's not a URL, you do not want the "-u" switch to FTP because it is expecting a URL (eg: ftp://remotehost.com) not a computer hostname. In your case it is taking the character "n" after the "-u" as the URL !
There are probably other issues in the script with using "quote" for no apparent reason but you might be connecting to a non-unix system.
Footnote: Can you do the file transfer successfully from the command prompt? If you can, please post the sequence you type and it can no doubt be scripted.
Last edited by methyl; 03-06-2010 at 08:47 AM..
Reason: Footnote
I am trying to ftp some files from a certain directory, but i got an invalid command. does anybody know why i got this error?
ftp -v -i -n <<SCRIPT
open servername
user
username password
cd /server/logs
for file in MCWAS*
do
put ${file} /home/test/${file}
done
bye
SCRIPT (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have to ftp to a remote machine.
i have got the Ip, username and password and the file path..
I need to get the file name with out user intervention in my script..
is there any way to do this..
please help
esham (2 Replies)
Hi ,,
I am wrting a shell script to ftp a file from remote server but its giving some problem to me.can you help me in debugging this.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
HOST="some ip"
user="user_name"
passwd="password"
ftp -n $HOST >>END_SCRIPT
USER $user
$passwd
binary
prompt
get... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I need to upload a file via ftp. I have given :
ftp -n $HOST <<END
quote user $USER
quote pass $PASSWD
prompt off
put bus.txt
quit
END
Its throwing a syntax error at "<<" symbol. What should be done for this ?? (2 Replies)
Can I ftp to put file with shell script(as bath file) ?
Plz give the simple code to do that.
My script look like that
#!/bin/sh
echo "Start ftp"
ftp temphost <<EOF
put file
quit
EOF
# end
This code ignore username & password but I need to input.
How to input username &... (8 Replies)
HI ALL
i am writing a shell script in which i have to use FTP command like.
FTP <ip address>
cd xyz
mget*
bye
but i am not able to perform any command from shell script.
once the control goes to FTP, i again have to type all the things.
i just want my shell script to take care of the... (8 Replies)
So i Administer multiple ftp servers that run on dynamic IP's as well as user and password settings are changed by other people constantly. What i need to do is ensure that an FTP is server is up on the IP i check. As well as the login credentials work.
Here is a simple script i wrote. However... (2 Replies)
Dear All,
I am using FTP in a script. But when i exit from the FTP session, the commands written after EOF don't get executed.
i.e.
ftp <<EOF
quote $login
quote $password
cd /tmp
mget *somefile*
bye
EOF
echo $some_variable
#This last echo command or whatever piece of commands i... (10 Replies)
Hello Brothers,
I am new in shell script.I need a shell script that will run in Linux Server. Script will connect to windows FTP server before connection script will check the connection from linux server to windows server, if connection is ok then show a message and get specific file and... (34 Replies)
Discussion started by: maruf
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
script
SCRIPT(1) BSD General Commands Manual SCRIPT(1)NAME
script -- make typescript of terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [-c COMMAND] [-e] [-f] [-q] [-t] [file]
DESCRIPTION
Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1).
If the argument file is given, script saves all dialogue in file. If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file typescript.
Options:
-a Append the output to file or typescript, retaining the prior contents.
-c COMMAND
Run the COMMAND rather than an interactive shell. This makes it easy for a script to capture the output of a program that behaves
differently when its stdout is not a tty.
-e Return the exit code of the child process. Uses the same format as bash termination on signal termination exit code is 128+n.
-f Flush output after each write. This is nice for telecooperation: One person does `mkfifo foo; script -f foo' and another can super-
vise real-time what is being done using `cat foo'.
-q Be quiet.
-t Output timing data to standard error. This data contains two fields, separated by a space. The first field indicates how much time
elapsed since the previous output. The second field indicates how many characters were output this time. This information can be used
to replay typescripts with realistic typing and output delays.
The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D to exit the Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout or control-d (if ignoreeof is not
set) for the C-shell, csh(1)).
Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1), create garbage in the typescript file. Script works best with commands that do not manipulate
the screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variable is utilized by script:
SHELL If the variable SHELL exists, the shell forked by script will be that shell. If SHELL is not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. (Most
shells set this variable automatically).
SEE ALSO csh(1) (for the history mechanism), scriptreplay(1).
HISTORY
The script command appeared in 3.0BSD.
BUGS
Script places everything in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. This is not what the naive user expects.
AVAILABILITY
The script command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
Linux July 30, 2000 Linux