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# 1  
Old 12-31-2005
question about sed and other stuff
I'm just getting into shell scripting and have run into a problem.

I sometimes need to ftp in as root while I'm SShed in,

rather than going to the ftp conf file all the time to allow root access,

I thought I'd bone up on shell scripting to make it easier.

I wrote a little script to do this. however I've run into some questions.

the script works like it is here: I call it ftproot

Code:
#!/bin/bash

#work directory
wdir="/root/test"

#temp directory
tmpd="/root/test/tmp"

#original file
file="myfile.txt"
#word="RootLogin off"
#word2="RootLogin on"

#temp file
tfile="myfile1.txt"



cp $wdir/$file $tmpd
sleep 1
sed -e 's/RootLogin off/RootLogin on/' $file > $tmpd/$tfile
sleep 1
mv -f $tmpd/$tfile $wdir/$file
## clean the tmp dir
rm -f $tmpd/$file

its ugly but its my first.

But if I use the word and word2 variable in the sed statment, it breaks.

I assume it's because of the space between RootLogin and on or off? is this right?

If so can I parse out the space somehow in the variable so it can be used?

also what method (function or case or ??) should I use to finish the script
so all I have to do is
Code:
ftproot on

or
Code:
ftproot off

Any help is apreceated

slim
# 2  
Old 12-31-2005
Humm I found my answer in another post the varibles for the text in sed works if a take out the single quotes and replace them with double ones..
Code:
sed -e "s/$word/$word2/" $file > $tmpd/$tfile

I guess I should read and search more posts before asking questions...

thanks
# 3  
Old 01-01-2006
I seem to be running in circles any help would be nice

Code:
bash$rootftp on

Code:
#!/bin/bash -x

#work directory
wdir="/home/web_users/test"

#temp directory
tmpd="tmp"

#original file
file="myfile"

word="RootLogin off"

word2="RootLogin on"

#temp file
tfile="myfile1.txt"

  on=1
 off=1
   if [ $on = 1 ]; then
        cp $wdir/$file $tmpd
        sleep 1
        sed -e \"s/$word/$word2/\" $file > $tmpd/$tfile
        sleep 1
        mv -f $tmpd/$tfile $wdir/$file
        ## clean the tmp dir
        rm -f $tmpd/$file


    elif [ $on = no ]; then
         cp $wdir/$file $tmpd
         sleep 1
          sed -e \"s/$word2/$word/\" $file > $tmpd/$tfile
         sleep 1
         mv -f $tmpd/$tfile $wdir/$file
         ## clean the tmp dir
         rm -f $tmpd/$file


     else
      echo "you must enter either on or off"
   fi
 done

results in this
Code:
-bash-2.05b$ ./on on
+ wdir=/home/httpd/web_users/test
+ tmpd=/home/httpd/web_users/test/tmp
+ file=myfile
+ word=RootLogin off
+ word2=RootLogin on
+ tfile=myfile1.txt
+ on=1
+ '[' 1 = 1 ']'
+ cp /home/httpd/web_users/test/myfile tmp
+ sleep 1
+ sed -e '"s/RootLogin' off/RootLogin 'on/"' myfile
sed: -e expression #1, char 1: Unknown command: `"'
+ sleep 1
+ mv -f /home/httpd/web_users/test/tmp/myfile1.txt /home/web_users/test/myfile
+ rm -f /home/httpd/web_users/test/tmp/myfile

# 4  
Old 01-01-2006
Quote:
sed -e \"s/$word/$word2/\" $file > $tmpd/$tfile
you do n't need a \ before "
# 5  
Old 01-01-2006
yes.. thank you... good catch, I thought I read that all quotes within a command must be escaped...

Thanks again

Here is a working model... any glaring errors?
Code:
#!/bin/bash 

#work directory
wdir="/home/httpd/web_users/test"

#temp directory
tmpd="/tmp"

#original file
file="myfile"

word="RootLogin off"

word2="RootLogin on"

#temp file
tfile="myfile1.txt"

   if [ "$1" == on ]; then
        cd $wdir
        cp -f $file $tmpd
        sed -e "s/$word/$word2/" $file > $tmpd/$tfile
        sleep 1
        mv -f $tmpd/$tfile $wdir/$file
        rm -f $tmpd/$file
         echo "Root Can Now FTP In"

    elif [ "$1" == off ]; then
         cd $wdir
         cp -f $file $tmpd
         sleep 1
          sed -e "s/$word2/$word/" $file > $tmpd/$tfile
         sleep 1
         mv -f $tmpd/$tfile $wdir/$file
        rm -f $tmpd/$file
         echo "Root FTP Is Now Un-Available"

     else 
      echo "You Must Do Either ./froot on or ./froot off"        
   fi

one thing I see when debugging is this:
Code:
-bash-2.05b$ froot dont

+ '[' dont == on ']'
+ '[' dont == off ']'

or
-bash-2.05b$ froot on

+ '[' off == on ']'
+ '[' off == off ']'

Could some one explain this please?

six hours to get this figured out to replace what? <1 min. with vi...lrh
I like this stuff!!

on another note, Should I give sed more time to do its work than 1 second..
my biggest fear is that the ftp.conf file will get munged if there is a hang or whatever...

Thanks again
Last edited by vbslim; 01-01-2006 at 10:06 AM..
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