Wild Card in Script
Hello. I am trying to run a Shell script and I get the following output to the console.
./georgetest.sh
+ file9='/u01/jde/interface/outbound/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_*.txt'
+ '[' -f '/u01/jde/interface/outbound/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_*.txt' ']'
There are no error messages. I am wondering if it is beause of the Wild Card that is in the script. Here is my script.
#!/bin/bash -x
file9="/u01/jde/interface/outbound/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_*.txt"
#
if [ -f "$file9" ]
then
echo "Sending an attachment." | mutt -a $( printf -- '-a %q'/u01/jde/interface/outbound/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_*.txt) -s "Example USD All OTHB *" xxxx@drew-marine.com,xxxxx@drew-marine.com,xxxxxx@drew-marine.com,xxxxx@drew-marine.com,xxxxx@drew-marine.com,xxxxxx@drew-marine.com,
echo $file9 " mailed at time below:" >> "/u01/jde/interface/outbound/example2-files.log"
date >> "/u01/jde/interface/outbound/example2-files.log"
rm -f /u01/jde/interface/outbound/backup/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_*.txt
cp $file9 /u01/jde/interface/outbound/backup/
rm -f $file9
fi
I tried enclosing "$( printf -- '-a %q'/u01/jde/interface/outbound/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_*.txt) -s" in double quotes but the result is the same. There is nothing in th elog file either.
Responses
Guru
6863 points
Hey George,
can you enclose your actual script in 3 tildes to start and finish (to make it easier to see what we are helping with ;-)
"~~~"
script goes here
"~~~"
and make sure to include the entire script - it appears there is a # missing, but I think that translates to a Heading marker or something. I'm sure we can get you through this though ;-)
I believe your if statement should not have double-quotes
if [ -f ${file9} ]
Are you trying to essentially "deal" with ALL files in the directory which begin with "EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_"?
I would do something like
MYSTRING="EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_"
for FILE in `find /u01/jde/interface/outbound/${STRING}*.txt`
do
echo $FILE
done
Or in the example you provided
echo "Sending an attachment." | mutt -a $( printf -- '-a %q'${FILE}) -s "Example USD All OTHB *"
which, I believe could simply be
echo "Sending an attachment." | mutt -a ${FILE} -s "Example USD All OTHB *"
I'll apologize in advance if I'm not interpreting the goal correctly.
Here is an example:
[jradtke@neo tmp]$ touch EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_A.txt
[jradtke@neo tmp]$ touch EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_9.txt
[jradtke@neo tmp]$ touch EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_2.txt
[jradtke@neo tmp]$ STRING="EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_"
[jradtke@neo tmp]$ for FILE in `find /home/jradtke/tmp/${STRING}*.txt`; do echo $FILE; done
/home/jradtke/tmp/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_2.txt
/home/jradtke/tmp/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_9.txt
/home/jradtke/tmp/EXAMPLE_USD_ALL_OTHB_A.txt
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