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Old 07-25-2016
Sftp with spawn - can't execute
Hi All,

I have below script which is just trying to sftp transfer a file to another server with 'expect' option.

I have expect installed on the instance.

Below is the script:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/expect

spawn sftp oracle@<HOST>
expect "password:"
send "<mypassword>\n"
expect "sftp>"
send "cd /tmp\n"
expect "sftp>"
send "put /tmp/test.txt\n"
expect "sftp>"
send "exit\n"
interact


But I get this:

Code:
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ . test.sh
Starting...
bash: spawn: command not found
Line 2...
": no such file or directory:
bash: send: command not found
": no such file or directory
bash: send: command not found
": no such file or directory
bash: send: command not found
": no such file or directory
bash: send: command not found
: command not found



Any ideas?


Thanks in advance,
Alex



Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags as required by forum rules!
Last edited by RudiC; 07-25-2016 at 09:39 AM.. Reason: Added code tags.
# 2  
Old 07-25-2016
Did you try not to "source" the file (. test.sh) but to execute it (./test.sh), given it has execute permission?
# 3  
Old 07-25-2016
Hi,

thanks for your reply!

Here is the result:

Code:
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ chmod 777 test.sh
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ ./test.sh
bash: ./test.sh: /usr/bin/expect^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Regards,
Alex



Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Use code tags, thanks.
Last edited by zaxxon; 07-25-2016 at 09:59 AM..
# 4  
Old 07-25-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by festerbg
Hi,
thanks for your reply!
Here is the result:
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ chmod 777 test.sh
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ ./test.sh
bash: ./test.sh: /usr/bin/expect^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
Regards,
Alex
Hello festerbg,

Please use code tags for Inputs/commands/codes you are using into your posts as per forum rules. Could you please run following command to check either expect has been installed into your box or not. Because expect is not a built-in shell utility.
Code:
which expect

Please post us the output of above command along with your O.S name.

Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 07-25-2016 at 09:59 AM..
# 5  
Old 07-25-2016
Hello,

Code:
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ which expect
/usr/bin/expect
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ uname -a
Linux psl-hades.patech-cloud.com 2.6.39-400.247.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Feb 5 16:06:15 PST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Regards,
Alex
# 6  
Old 07-25-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by festerbg
Hello,
Code:
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ which expect
/usr/bin/expect
[applmgr@psl-hades tmp]$ uname -a
Linux psl-hades.patech-cloud.com 2.6.39-400.247.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Feb 5 16:06:15 PST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Regards,
Alex
Hello festerbg,

Could you please look for control M characters(Garbage characters) as while putting the file from Windows to *NIX operating systems they may come.
Could you please run following command and let us know the output for same.
Code:
cat -v Input_file(Your_script_name_here)

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 7  
Old 07-25-2016
Use a reasonable *nix text editor to compose your script so that that DOS line terminator ^M (= \r, <CR>, 0x0D) won't be appended to the line.
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