[Solved] Bash (Ubuntu server): Syntax error: "|" unexpected in While-loop
Hello forum,
I hope my problem is easy to solve for someone in here!
My main task is to copy a large amount of imap-accounts from one server to another. There is a tool (Perl) called imapsync which does the job exellent. Unfortunately I'm only able to run it on one account at a time.
After some heavy googling I learned I could make a shell script that, combined with a csv-file, does the job for me. Well, it turns out that was easier said than done. (I am by no means experienced in shell-scripting. -In fact; I have never made any scripts before...)
What I want the script to do:
As long as there is unread information in the csv-file, I want it to copy the imap-account AND create a logfile for that spesific account.
What the script does:
It gives me the error Syntax error: "|" unexpected...
The script looks like this:
If anyone can tell me why this doesn't work and how I should solve it I would be very greatful!
Last edited by primaxx; 09-19-2011 at 04:22 PM..
Reason: Solved
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.
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