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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script doesn't work in loop but does if not Post 302441862 by bugeye on Monday 2nd of August 2010 05:33:36 PM
Old 08-02-2010
Script doesn't work in loop but does if not
I have a script that only works if I remove it from the looping scenario.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

# Set the field seperator to a newline
##IFS="
##" 

# Loop through the file
##for line in `cat nlist.txt`;do

# put the line into a variable.
##dbuser=$line

echo "copying plugin..."


deststr="/home/admin/aname.mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-stuff"

movestr="cp -R -p /home/wp-stuff "$deststr
$movestr

echo "done"

##done

This works fine. But if I remove the ##'s and change aname to $dbuser then it fails with "no such file or directory"

Even if I remove the ##'s but hard code the aname in, it still fails exactly the same.

If I convert it so that it takes a command line argument, so that $dbuser is fed in each time, then it still works without the loop.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
 
EXPECTED_ARGS=1
dbuser=$1

deststr="/home/admin/"$dbuser".mydomain.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-stuff"

movestr="cp -R -p /home/wp-stuff "$deststr
$movestr

But as soon as I try to do it with the loop, I get the error.

Since if I hardcode it but leave it in the loop, it doesnt work, but if I hardcode but remove the looping mechanism, then it works fine.

I would really appreciate some simple help. I am not proficient at linux, so please go easy on me. I am using centos 5 if it makes a difference.
Last edited by bugeye; 08-02-2010 at 07:31 PM..
 

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