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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Sftp commands not working in shell script Post 302769518 by linuxlearn2013 on Tuesday 12th of February 2013 02:00:53 PM
Old 02-12-2013
Linux Sftp commands not working in shell script
hi,

i am having 2 linux boxes as source and 1 linux box as destination.i want to create a shell script containing code to transfer a csv file from either of the 2 linux boxes (file will be present in just one box, i need to check both the boxes to see which box has the csv file) to 3rd linux box using sftp. suppose i am running this script from 3rd linux box, based on searches i have written the following script.
Code:
#/bin/sh
sftp username@host1ip
cd remote_host_file_path
mget filename
rm filename
quit
cd home_path
mv filename path_where_file_needs_to_be_copied

sftp username@host2ip
cd remote_host_file_path
mget filename
rm filename
quit
cd home_path
mv filename path_where_file_needs_to_be_copied

when i run this script through command prompt i get an error like this:
Code:
cannot find mget or mget not a command
cd not a command
rm not a command

if i give any echo command in this it is printing the echo value.can someone please help me out with this script. i have verified the keys..so it doesnt ask me to enter the password for connecting to remote host. also when i am running all the commands one by one from command prompt the script is working absolutely fine.
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-13-2013 at 05:12 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
 

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script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
       when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a    Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.

NOTES

       script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

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WARNINGS

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       privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.

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