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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Read file and skip the line starting with # Post 302787237 by hanson44 on Friday 29th of March 2013 03:20:22 AM
Old 03-29-2013
Try simplifying some. Comment out the ssh and scp lines that do the work, and add the diagnostic echo line, to see what is going on:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/sh
file2put=$1
if [ -f $file2copy ]; then
  echo "File found, preparing to transfer... \n"
  grep -v '^#' server.cfg > valid_servers
  while read line; do
    echo line = $line
    # ssh $line < checkdirectory.sh #another script to check the existing of directory
    # scp $file2put $server:~/folder_name/$file2copy
  done < valid_servers
  exit
else
  echo "File does not exist. Exiting..."
  exit 
fi

If that does not help, put "set -x" on the second line of the script, and trace the diagnostic messages.
 

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toshsat1800-irdasetup

TOSHSAT1800-IRDASETUP(1)					   User Commands					  TOSHSAT1800-IRDASETUP(1)

NAME

       toshsat1800-irdasetup - IrDA setup utility for Toshiba Satellite 1800

SYNOPSIS

       toshsat1800-irdasetup [options]

DESCRIPTION

       IrDA  configurator  for	laptops  with  ALI1533 bridge (LPC47N227 SuperIO), smc-ircc and not initializing BIOS (tested on Toshiba Satellite
       1800-514) to be used with Linux kernel.

OPTIONS

       -a, --skip-decoding-cfg skip ISA bridge decoding configuration

       -b, --skip-smc-ircc-cfg skip SMC-IRCC configuration

       -v, --vendor=VALUE      look for the specified ISA bridge PCI vendor id

       -x, --device=VALUE      look for the specified ISA bridge PCI device id

       -c, --cfgbase=VALUE     set SMC-IRCC IO cfgbase address

       -s, --sirbase=VALUE     set SMC-IRCC IO sirbase address

       -f, --firbase=VALUE     set SMC-IRCC IO firbase address

       -m, --dma=VALUE	       set SMC-IRCC DMA channel

       -i, --irq=VALUE	       set SMC-IRCC IRQ

       -p, --print	       print ISA bridge configuration

       -h, --help	       show this help

SEE ALSO

       More detailed information in /usr/share/doc/toshset/README.IrDA or online at http://www.csai.unipa.it/peri/toshsat1800-irdasetup/

AUTHOR

       toshsat1800-irdasetup was written by Daniele Peri <peri@csai.unipa.it>.

       This manual page was written by Roberto C. Sanchez <roberto@connexer.com>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

toshsat1800-irdasetup						    August 2005 					  TOSHSAT1800-IRDASETUP(1)
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