Automate ftp 1

[akelabanda]

Hi Folks

Wondering if you can help me with my script. I'm trying to run an unattended FTP session from within a shell script. The FTP uses servername, username and password from a text file. I'm getting an error:
syntax error at line 34: `end of file' unexpected

The file has only 33 lines.

I previously ran a successful script -

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for SW in srvr1 srvr2
do
FILE=/var/tmp/$$.${SW}.lst
NEWFILE=/var/tmp/$$.${SW}.new
ftp -n ${SW} <<-EOF > ${FILE}
user ${USR} ${PSW}
dir
EOF
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However, I'm now trying to do it this way -
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while read dta
do
SWID=`echo "$dta" | awk -F"|" '{print $1}'`
SWHOST=`echo "$dta" | awk -F"|" '{print $2}'`
SWUSR=`echo "$dta" | awk -F"|" '{print $3}'`
SWPASSWD=`echo "$dta" | awk -F"|" '{print $4}'`
SWPATH=`echo "$dta" | awk -F"|" '{print $5}'`
echo "$SWID $SWNAME $SWUSR $SWPASSWD $SWPATH"

FILE=/var/tmp/$$.$SWHOST.lst
NEWFILE=/var/tmp/$$.$SWHOST.new
ftp -n <<EOT
OPEN $FILE
user $SWUSR $SWPASSWD
dir
EOT
done < flat_file
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This is throwing up the error mentioned above. If I comment out the FTP part of the code, the script doesn't complain.

Any ideas why this could be happenning ?

The ascii file is in the form:
ID|REMOTEHOST|UNAME|PASSWD|PATH

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Raj

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[PHV]

ftp -n <<[!]-[/!]EOT
[!]Tabchar[/!]OPEN $FILE
[!]Tabchar[/!]user $SWUSR $SWPASSWD
[!]Tabchar[/!]dir
EOT

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[akelabanda]

Worked like MAGIC!!

Thanks a ton PH..

Is there an explanation for this behaviour ?

Raj

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[PHV]

In your shell man page have a look at the << redirection.

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ181-2886