Executing a batch of files within a shell script with option to refire the individual files in batch
Hello everyone. I am new to shell scripting and i am required to create a shell script, the purpose of which i will explain below.
I am on a solaris server btw.
Before delving into the requirements, i will give youse an overview of what is currently in place and its purpose.
There are over 50 of these xml files that needs to be executed by the shell. If there are errors in execution of an xml file, the shell script should exit and the error will need to be fixed.
The tricky part is: once the error is fixed, the script should present the user with an option to resume the execution from the xml file that failed or execute all the files from the beginning.
How do i go about designing a script that will do the following:
1. Present the user with a list of 50 files to run.
2. Any option that the user chooses should pass the file as an argument to the xmlprocshell.sh which do do the deed.
3. If the execution is successful the next file in the order is executed automatically and so on.
Do i put the above inside a function and pass the files as arguments or do i go with loops. If anyone can provide me with an example template, i'd be extremely grateful. Thanks in advance
Hmm. Like you say, the tricky bit is saving it. Thinking on something.
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This mockup works for me:
It looks for xml files in the current directory but can be changed to look for them anywhere. It uses two files to record what succeeded and what failed.
Replace the 'fail' function with whatever you want to do to process these xml files. If you don't make it a function, you don't even need bash or ksh, nearly any sh should do.
I am newish to the site and to unix.
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