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# 1  
Old 02-02-2016
Shell script not working but command works in command prompt
Hi everyone
I have a problem with my script

If I try directly this command
Code:
/usr/bin/nice -n 19 mysqldump -u root --password="******" wiki_schneider -c | nice -n 19 gzip -9 > /point_de_montage/$(date '+%Y%m%d')-wiki-db.sql.gz

It works

But if I simply add this command in a script and launch it, It don't works
This is my script

Code:
#!/bin/sh
#Database backup
/usr/bin/nice -n 19 mysqldump -u root --password="*******" wiki_schneider -c | nice -n 19 gzip -9 > /point_de_montage/$(date '+%Y%m%d')-wiki-db.sql.gz

here is the error I have
Image

Thank you!
# 2  
Old 02-02-2016
The unreadabilty of the error messages indicates that there are DOS line terminators (0x0D, \r, <CR>) in the script. What editor did you use when creating it? You better use *nix editors.
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# 3  
Old 02-02-2016
I edit this scrip with notepad++ on windows, the script is in a shared folder betwin my windows and my Debian VM
Do you belive if I edit my script via nano on my Debian VM it will works?

Thank you
# 4  
Old 02-02-2016
Hello picemma,

Welcome to forums, you could try following.
I- Please check about carriage return characters(control M) ones.
By following command.
Code:
cat -v Input_file

II- If you see control M characters by above command then you could try following to remove them.
Code:
tr -d '\r' < Input_file > New_Input_file

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 5  
Old 02-02-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by picemma
I edit this scrip with notepad++ on windows, the script is in a shared folder betwin my windows and my Debian VM
Do you belive if I edit my script via nano on my Debian VM it will works?

Thank you
Probability is high. Why don't you give it a try?
Other measures would include modifying your script in a way RavinderSingh13 showed.
# 6  
Old 02-02-2016
I must be missing something.
I can't see any ^M characters after copying and pasting the script into a terminal and hexdumping the result...
Code:
Last login: Tue Feb  2 09:33:32 on ttys000
AMIGA:barrywalker~> echo '#!/bin/sh
> #Database backup
> /usr/bin/nice -n 19 mysqldump -u root --password="*******" wiki_schneider -c | nice -n 19 gzip -9 > /point_de_montage/$(date '+%Y%m%d')-wiki-db.sql.gz' | hexdump -C
00000000  23 21 2f 62 69 6e 2f 73  68 0a 23 44 61 74 61 62  |#!/bin/sh.#Datab|
00000010  61 73 65 20 62 61 63 6b  75 70 0a 2f 75 73 72 2f  |ase backup./usr/|
00000020  62 69 6e 2f 6e 69 63 65  20 2d 6e 20 31 39 20 6d  |bin/nice -n 19 m|
00000030  79 73 71 6c 64 75 6d 70  20 2d 75 20 72 6f 6f 74  |ysqldump -u root|
00000040  20 2d 2d 70 61 73 73 77  6f 72 64 3d 22 2a 2a 2a  | --password="***|
00000050  2a 2a 2a 2a 22 20 77 69  6b 69 5f 73 63 68 6e 65  |****" wiki_schne|
00000060  69 64 65 72 20 2d 63 20  7c 20 6e 69 63 65 20 2d  |ider -c | nice -|
00000070  6e 20 31 39 20 67 7a 69  70 20 2d 39 20 3e 20 2f  |n 19 gzip -9 > /|
00000080  70 6f 69 6e 74 5f 64 65  5f 6d 6f 6e 74 61 67 65  |point_de_montage|
00000090  2f 24 28 64 61 74 65 20  2b 25 59 25 6d 25 64 29  |/$(date +%Y%m%d)|
000000a0  2d 77 69 6b 69 2d 64 62  2e 73 71 6c 2e 67 7a 0a  |-wiki-db.sql.gz.|
000000b0
AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

# 7  
Old 02-02-2016
Could have been lost when copy/pasting the script. Compare above error message to this:
Code:
cat file1 | gzip -9 > /point_de_montage/$(date '+%Y%m%d')-wiki-db.sql.gz
bash: /point_de_montage/$(date '+%Y%m%d')-wiki-db.sql.gz: No such file or directory

If you now imagine a <CR> after the ".gz", you'll have exactly the line posted.
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