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Old 05-03-2010
Getting text into command line
I have an IP address in a text file and i want to use it to mount a network share.
The command i will use is
Code:
 mount -t cifs //ipaddress/share /mnt/share -o username =hiro

I just need to know how can get the IP address from the text file and into the command?
Many thanks, Hiro.
# 2  
Old 05-03-2010
Code:
 mount -t cifs //$(cat IP_file)/share /mnt/share -o username =hiro

# 3  
Old 05-03-2010
Assuming the text file contains only one line with the ip address, following should work:
Code:
$ ip=$(awk '{print $1}' textfile)
$ mount -t cifs //$ip/share ...

# 4  
Old 05-03-2010
Thanks for the quick replies, anbu23, that just dumped the mount help file on the screen the way it does when it doesn't understand the syntax so there is not much i can tell you about why it doesn't work. There does not seem to be a verbose option for mount?

Psuedocoder, that throws a syntax error like this:

Code:
awk: (print $1)
awk: ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:1: (print $1)
awk: cmd. Line:1: ^unexpected newline or end of string

I put the line "echo $ip" after the first line which i think should have printed the ip address in the terminal? Or should it be "echo ip"? But it never got that far anyway i think.
As you can probably tell by new i am very new at this scripting game, in fact this is my first ever. I have managed to get all the way through to this last stage with only tutorials but have fallen at the last fence and just cannot do this part alone so any more ideas from you guys gratefully received
# 5  
Old 05-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by hiro
that just dumped the mount help file on the screen the way it does when it doesn't understand the syntax
You get this error most likely because there is a whitespace between "username" and "=hiro".

Quote:
Originally Posted by hiro
Code:
awk: (print $1)
awk: ^ syntax error
awk: cmd. line:1: (print $1)
awk: cmd. Line:1: ^unexpected newline or end of string

You need to use curly brackets {} instead of ().

Quote:
Originally Posted by hiro
I put the line "echo $ip" after the first line which i think should have printed the ip address in the terminal?
Correct.
# 6  
Old 05-03-2010
I did have a space at the end there but after removing it there is no change, i will paste the exact line here for you to check for any other mistakes.

Code:
sudo mount -t cifs //$(cat /home/hiro/Documents/ipaddress)/music /mnt/music -o username=hiro

I changed to curly brackets in the other example, i assume you meant both pairs? and the lines are paster below again if you could see if i have done anything stupid there please.

Code:
ip=${awk '{print $1}' /home/hiro/Documents/ipaddress}
echo $ip
sudo mount -t cifs //$ip/music /mnt/music -o username=hiro

The error has changed with the bracket change, it is how.

Code:
./findip: line 10: ${awk '{print $1}' /home/hiro/Documents/ipaddress}: bad substitution

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on ///music,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
       need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

BTW i suppose i should add that i can mount the share by simply inserting the ip address in manually.
Thanks for the help so far, Hiro.
# 7  
Old 05-03-2010
We assumed that your command worked...
Can you successfully mount when you manually type the ip address? I guess no.
I checked the man page for mount and the flag "-o" as well as "username=xxx" seem to be unnecessary.

First try
Code:
sudo mount -t cifs //manually-type-ip-here/music /mnt/music

If it works, than you can try our suggestions.
Code:
$ ip=$(awk '{print $1}' /home/hiro/Documents/ipaddress)
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