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Invalid DN syntax (34)
Additional information: 0000208F: NameErr: DSID-031001F7, problem 2006 (BAD_NAME), data 8349, best match of:
,ou=Resource,ou=groups,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com'

#!/bin/bash
 #reads Groups.txt file and runs a new ldapsearch for group
while read -r adgroup; do
        echo $adgroup
        #ldapsearch connects to ldap, returns and formats member info, and writes to input.txt file
        ldapsearch -x -LLL -E pr=200/noprompt -o ldif-wrap=no -h abc-loc.somecompany.com \
        -D "account@somecompany.com" -w password -b "cn=$adgroup,ou=Resource,ou=groups,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com" \
         | grep member | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' > /userid/bin/input.txt
         #reads input.txt file and runs a new ldapsearch for each member entry
        while IFS=":" read -r member info; do
                 #echo $info
                 ldapsearch -x -LLL -E pr=200/noprompt -h abc-loc.somecompany.com \
                -D "account@somecompany.com" -w password -b "ou=End Users,ou=Accounts,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com" \
                -s sub "distinguishedName=$info" displayName saMAccountName telephoneNumber mail department departmentNumber \
                extensionAttribute1 l st co userAccountControl |
                 #display output string in correct format
                awk -F: '
                NR == 1 {n = split (FLDS, T)
                        }
                        {OUT[$1] = substr ($2, 2)
                        }
                END     {for (i=1; i<=n; i++)   {printf "%s%s", ODL, OUT[T[i]]
                                 ODL = "|"
                                }
                         printf RS
                        }
                ' FLDS="displayName:sAMAccountName:telephoneNumber:mail:extensionAttribute1:department:departmentNumber:l:st:co:userAccountControl"
         #Define input filepath
        done < /userid/bin/input.txt
 #Define Group filepath
done < /userid/bin/GroupsTest1.txt

ab_abc

"cn=$adgroup,ou=Resource,ou=groups,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com"

"cn=ab_abc,ou=Resource,ou=groups,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com"

#!/bin/bash
 adgroup='ab_abc'
 var='cn='$adgroup
echo $var
var1=$var',ou=Resource,ou=groups,dc=abc,dc=somecompany,dc=com'
echo $var1
 ldapsearch -x -LLL -E pr=200/noprompt -o ldif-wrap=no -h abc-loc.somecompany.com -D "account@somecompany.com" -w password -b $var1 \
| grep member | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' > /userid/bin/input.txt

echo $adgroup | od -ctx1  # inside the while loop, please!
od -ctx1 /userid/bin/GroupsTest1.txt