Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello,

I m trying to execute a UNIX task from windows, I am copying few csv files from UNIX platform to my windows using a bat file like

the txt file is as follows :

open 172.21.13.239
root
root
lcd C:\Documents and Settings\aparna_sharma\Desktop\Trunk_Analysis
cd /opt/Trunk_Analysis/
prompt
mget Final_Call_type26.csv
bye

and bat file is as :
ftp -s:download.txt

however , this bat file executes after i manually execute the script after logging onto the unix system, what i want to add is to execute the script before the command mget Final_Call_type26.csv and the next step is that the xecution shld be interactive i mean the input variables that needs to be given an interactive session b/w UNIX and DOS.....

After searching through this forum and google i heard abt dos2unix and unix2dos.... ssh command ... but i m not clear with there usage and functions.....


Pls suggest with possible answeres....

Thks in advance...........

Aparna

To grab input in a batch file, assuming a modern version of Windows (I believe NT4 and above, but not 100% sure,) you can use SET:

Code:

SET /P myvar=Enter prompt here:

For more information, see SET/? in Windows (Start -> Run -> cmd)

On the other hand, if you just want a shell on the Unix box, do look into shell. Install a client, such as PuTTY. Log in, depending on the client you install, and issue command to your heart's content. For example, if you have a command-line ssh client, you can typically do:

Code:

ssh user@hostname

Unless you've done some work to automate logins, you'll be prompted for your password. Once that's provided, you're on the host as if you were sitting at a console, more or less.

Thanks for the information but how i should execute the script ...
like the script
: echo " hello " >> hello.csv

and i make a bat file to fetch hello.csv so i need to execute the script ....
i tried using ssh but its not working..pls suggest

Thks
Aparna

I'm not understanding the issue. What do you mean "ssh is not working"? What have you tried? Did you get an error? How do you know it's not working?

And can you give a full example of what you're trying to do? Where is the script created? Where is it executed? How is it built?

Yes i will explain what i want to do......

there is a script on UNIX platform ....
i want to execute the script from DOS and retrive the output...
like in my first thread i explained that i am able to fetch the output by a batch file in same batch file can i run the script also that's placed on my unix platform....

Pardon me if i m still not clear with the task ....
if not pls reply will give more details

Thks
Aparna

Hi,

Have you thought about or can u use the Microsoft SFU (Services for Unix) then you would not have to worry about the DOS prompt. It contains all the common UNIX utilities, including some shell scripting.

I dont know if you are allowed to have this on your network or not, but if you are the Admin, im sure you can do it as long as its not against your company policy.

Here is the link to both download it and read about it:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/int...u/default.mspx

I also would like to ask how to execute UNIX command thru batch script??

can someone give me a hint how to make batch script that can execute script on unix??

any ideas??