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# 8  
Old 01-03-2013
Smilie its there.

If i use this command (i.e. mv DIR\abc_*) outside the shell script, its working fine. But not inside Smilie
# 9  
Old 01-03-2013
mv DIR\abc_*
is not the same as
mv DIR\ABC_*
# 10  
Old 01-03-2013
Sorry typing error, its (mv DIR\ABC_*) only. not abc*
# 11  
Old 01-03-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bopty
Tried the same, but still it throwing the error Smilie
Code:
mv: cannot stat `ABC_*': No such file or directory

OK. I'm totally confused.

You say that:
Code:
mv ${DATA_DIR}/ABC_*.dat ${ARCHIVE}

and:
Code:
mv ABC_*.dat ${ARCHIVE}

write a diagnostic message saying that mv can't stat ABC_*
and then you say that:
Code:
mv DIR\abc_* ${ARCHIVE}

works on the command line, but not in your script.

Do you not see that abc_* is not the same as ABC_*.dat, / is not the same as \, and you still haven't told us what the value of ${DATA_DIR} is nor what the value of ${ARCHIVE} is?

I can assure you that you won't get a diagnostic about not being able to stat a file named ABC_* from an attempt to move a file named ABC_*.dat.

What operating system are you using? The confusion between / and \ makes me wonder if you're running on Windows instead of on a UNIX or Linux platform.
# 12  
Old 01-03-2013
Pls post output of ls -l ${DATA_DIR}/ABC_*.dat.
# 13  
Old 01-03-2013
Hi Don,

Thanks for you mail.

Your confusion is due to typing issue. Let me clearly explain you.

1.) I try to move files from one directory to another, so used a below command,

Code:
mv ${DATA_DIR}\ABC_*.dat ${ARCHIVE}

The Value for DATAA_DIR and ARCHIVE are,

Code:
${DATA_DIR} = /u01/data/oracle/rms/UPGRMSBATCH/RETLforRPAS/data
${ARCHIVE} = /u01/data/oracle/rms/UPGRMSBATCH/archive

2.) If i run the above mv command inside my shellscript, im getting the error like

Code:
mv: cannot stat `/u01/data/oracle/rms/UPGRMSBATCH/RETLforRPAS/data/ABC_*.dat': No such file or directory

But if i run the same command (i.e:
Code:
mv ${DATA_DIR}\ABC_*.dat ${ARCHIVE}

) outside the shell script, then it works fine.

3.) Instead of using '*' if i used the complete file name (i.e: ABC_20120103) its working fine inside the shell script itself. But i don't want to do that, since n number of files with different date format is present in the directory. So i want to move all the files from data directory to archive directory.

I hope now you are clear with my issue.

Thanks,
Bopty
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 01-03-2013 at 08:17 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 14  
Old 01-03-2013
/ABC and \ABC are not same.
Code:
echo z\ABC
echo z/ABC

You have not published your script, only some lines
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
# if you like to set value for variable, then
DATA_DIR=/u01/data/oracle/rms/UPGRMSBATCH/RETLforRPAS/data
# no spaces after variable name and after = char
ARCHIVE=/u01/data/oracle/rms/UPGRMSBATCH/archive

# will give error if 
# /u01/data/oracle/rms/UPGRMSBATCH/RETLforRPAS/data/ABC_*.dat not include any ABC_*.dat files
mv $DATA_DIR/ABC_*.dat $ARCHIVE
# test your command line
echo mv $DATA_DIR/ABC_*.dat $ARCHIVE
# => you will see the parsed command line => shell try to execute

#     echo /u01/data/oracle/rms/UPGRMSBATCH/RETLforRPAS/data/ABC_*.dat 
# what is the output ?
#     echo $DATA_DIR/ABC_*.dat
# what is the output ?
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