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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash (Ubuntu server): Syntax error: "|" unexpected in While-loop Post 302556805 by Corona688 on Monday 19th of September 2011 03:15:03 PM
Old 09-19-2011
You've got ; | If you want to pipe, you shouldn't end in ;, because ; means "end this command and start a new one".

Also, that \ in the middle of the line probably isn't doing what you want. It probably was there originally to combine two lines into one but now it's combining a line you don't want to be part of the statement, "done", into the statement. Ditch it.

I'd reorganize it as this:

Code:
#! /bin/sh
while IFS=';' read  u1 u2 p2
do 
	imapsync --buffersize 8192000 --nosyncacls --subscribe \
                --syncinternaldates --debug --host1 mail.server.com --user1 "$u1" \
                --authuser1 administrator@server.com --password1 Password --ssl1 \
                --port1 993 --host2 mail.server.net --user2 "$u2" --password2 "$p2" \
                --authmech2 PLAIN --ssl2 --port2 993 |
                        tee "$u1".log
done < userinfo.csv
exit

 

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mailusradm(8)						      System Manager's Manual						     mailusradm(8)

NAME
mailusradm - Administer User Mail SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/sysman mailusradm [-ui cui [cuioptions] | gui [x resources]] OPTIONS
Specifies the user interface to be invoked. The choices are: Invokes the command line interface. Invokes the graphical user interface. Specific command line options that will be used to interact. Specifies the standard X11 resource options. For more information, see the X(1X) reference page DESCRIPTION
The Mail User Administration application is used by the system administrator to administer the mail system. Specifically, the mail adminis- trator can change the mail service type of a single user, a group of users, or all the users on a local system. The mail administrator can also delete defunct mail user accounts. The mail service types are: Local Mail Post Office Protocol (POP), which is designed to allow single user computers to retrieve electronic mail from a POP server. The POP server might be a computer with a permanent Internet connection where its clients might connect to it only occasionally. Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), which is a protocol that allows a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. IMAP allows the manipulation of remote message folders known as mailboxes. IMAP has operations for creating, delet- ing, and renaming mailboxes; for checking for new messages; for permanently removing messages; for searching; and for selective fetching of message attributes, text, and other portions. It does not specify a means of posting mail; a mail transfer protocol, such as SMTP, handles this function. Furthermore, the mail administrator can specify the use of mail passwords on users under POP and IMAP. mailusradm has two user interface options: Graphical user interface (GUI) Command line interface (CUI) Running the Graphical User Interface Option: The mailusradm application can be invoked from: The CDE Application Manager Application Group: System_Admin Desktop_Apps Subgroup: Configuration To start mailusradm from the command line, enter: /usr/sbin/sysman mailusradm -gui Running the Command Line Interface Option: To start the mailusradm command line interface, enter the following command from the terminal: /usr/sbin/sysman mailusradm -ui cui [cuiop- tions] RESTRICTIONS
You must have the appropriate privileges to use this application. FILES
Mail User Administration application Help Volume SEE ALSO
Commands: cyradm(1), dtmail(1), imapd(8), mailauth(8), mailconfig(8), popd(8) System Administration mailusradm(8)
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