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Old 01-07-2013
Script partially executes??
Hi All,

I am calling a shell script from another shell script, however, it only executes part of it (the echo commands only). What could be some causes for that?

For example:

ShellScriptA.sh:
Code:
 
...
...
...
. ShellScriptB.sh

ShellScriptB.sh contents:
Code:
 
echo date
echo Connecting to database
sqlplus -S username/password << EOF - - - this point on is not executed.
select count(*) from test;
define exit_status = 0
exit &exit_status
EOF

However, when ShellScriptB.sh is executed independently it works just fine. Any ideas?

Thanks.
Last edited by Scott; 01-07-2013 at 12:14 PM.. Reason: Added code tags
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Old 01-07-2013
Without seeing the rest of ShellScriptB.sh we can't do anything but make wild guesses...
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Old 01-07-2013
There. I have updated the script contents.
# 4  
Old 01-07-2013
Please execute the calling script with xtrace and -v options enabled: -xv
and post the complete output here.
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Old 01-07-2013
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Old 01-07-2013
I am on HPUX so I'm guessing I would use strace instead?
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Old 01-07-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by DBnixUser
I am on HPUX so I'm guessing I would use strace instead?
No,
just run the parent script like this:

Code:
sh -xv /path/to/script_name

Where sh is the shell you're currently using.
 
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