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by **Chris Sh** » Sun, 18 Aug 1996 04:00:00

I want to Pass an argument to a unix command.
For example. I get the shell script to go to FTP by just typeing FTP in
the Script. Then I want the script to execute one of the commands in FTP
But I can't get it to work.
An example script that I made.
#!/bin/sh
ftp
open miso.wwa.com
Other commands
quit

That does not work
Can someone please help me
Please e-mail me.

by **Chris Sh** » Sun, 18 Aug 1996 04:00:00

I want to Pass an argument to a unix command.
For example. I get the shell script to go to FTP by just typeing FTP in
the Script. Then I want the script to execute one of the commands in FTP
But I can't get it to work.
An example script that I made.
#!/bin/sh
ftp
open miso.wwa.com
Other commands
quit

That does not work
Can someone please help me
Please e-mail me.

by **Mohit Ar** » Tue, 20 Aug 1996 04:00:00

> I want to Pass an argument to a unix command.
> For example. I get the shell script to go to FTP by just typeing FTP in
> the Script. Then I want the script to execute one of the commands in FTP
> But I can't get it to work.
> An example script that I made.
> #!/bin/sh
> ftp
> open miso.wwa.com
> Other commands
> quit

The above does not work because each of the commands above is seen by the
shell and not by ftp - that is, open .. etc commands should be interpreted by
ftp and not by the shell. So try this:
#!/bin/sh
ftp <<EOSM
open miso.wwa.com
Other commands
quit
EOSM

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by **Sherwin Anthony Sequei** » Wed, 21 Aug 1996 04:00:00

Quote:> I want to Pass an argument to a unix command.
> For example. I get the shell script to go to FTP by just typeing FTP in
> the Script. Then I want the script to execute one of the commands in FTP
> But I can't get it to work.
> An example script that I made.
> #!/bin/sh
> ftp
> open miso.wwa.com
> Other commands
> quit

You need what is called a 'here document'. Each line in your script
above is taken as a shell command, which is not what is required.

Here is an example based on your script:

#!/bin/sh
ftp<<-EHD
open miso.wwa.com
Other commands
quit
EHD

All text between the <<-EHD and EHD is taken as stdin to ftp. EHD can
be any string. The hyphen ('-') allows you to indent text in between
the 'labels' (with TABS only). The end label must be on a line by
itself.

Quote:> That does not work
> Can someone please help me
> Please e-mail me.

Luck!
--
Tony Sequeira

by **Fabrice Anni** » Thu, 22 Aug 1996 04:00:00

> I want to Pass an argument to a unix command.
> For example. I get the shell script to go to FTP by just typeing FTP in
> the Script. Then I want the script to execute one of the commands in FTP
> But I can't get it to work.
> An example script that I made.
> #!/bin/sh
> ftp
> open miso.wwa.com
> Other commands
> quit

> That does not work
> Can someone please help me
> Please e-mail me.

this question should be in a FAQ.
Here is an example of non interactive ftp :

ftp -i -v -n theserver <<!EOF
user mylogin mypassword
put myfile
bye
!EOF

where :
'theserver' is the name of the server
'mylogin' and 'mypassword' is a login-name and password you know
'myfile' is the name of the file you want to transfert

by **Kenny Whitake** » Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:00:00

>> I want to Pass an argument to a unix command.
>> For example. I get the shell script to go to FTP by just typeing FTP in
>> the Script. Then I want the script to execute one of the commands in FTP
>> But I can't get it to work.
>> An example script that I made.
>> #!/bin/sh
>> ftp
>> open miso.wwa.com
>> Other commands
>> quit

>You need what is called a 'here document'. Each line in your script
>above is taken as a shell command, which is not what is required.

>Here is an example based on your script:

>#!/bin/sh
>ftp<<-EHD
>open miso.wwa.com
>Other commands
>quit
>EHD

>All text between the <<-EHD and EHD is taken as stdin to ftp. EHD can
>be any string. The hyphen ('-') allows you to indent text in between
>the 'labels' (with TABS only). The end label must be on a line by
>itself.

>> That does not work
>> Can someone please help me
>> Please e-mail me.

>Luck!
>--
>Tony Sequeira

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It sounds like what you need is a .netrc file. THe .netrc would like like this:

open miso.wwa.com
user your userid your password
Other commands
quit

Since your password is in the .netrc, be sure to restrict the permissions.
Then when you ftp the command would be:
ftp -nv < .netrc

Kenny Whitaker

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