Hi,

I'm running a command which parses through a perl script and grabs firewall data for me from a specific IP. I do this once a month but today i am getting an "ambiguous redirect" message, and i don't get returned to a prompt. I don't know how long i should wait to see if the script is still being parsed or it is hung. Below is the message. "

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[root@xxxxxx pix]# . ./filename.sh
calling write_stats with 4854931 records of 4858986
/root/pix/different_filename.sh: : Ambiguous redirect
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Anyone have a clue as to why i'm getting this message now?

Thanks.

Well without seeing the contents of the script it's kinda hard to tell where it's failing on a redirect. You might want to run it with the following command 'bash -x scriptname'.
That will print the commands as they are run so you can see on what command it's failing.

I ran 'bash -x scriptname' (actually, it's still running....been over 6 hours now) and every command is printed as it should be, however, when it gets to the line

/root/pix/script.sh: : Ambiguous redirect

nothing happens. Like i said it's been sitting like this with the cursor at the next line for over 6 hours. There is no printed comment as to where the file may be redirecting to or what line it's choking on. I will probably just kill the process before i leave. I think something should have happened in 6 hours time, no? Any more suggestions?

Thanks.

Well if it's stuck in an endless loop it doesn't matter how long you wait it will stay stuck in an endless loop.

When it runs a script within a script it won't be displaying the commands it's running anymore. Unless you change the startup of the second script also to something like 'bash -x second_script.sh'.

But if it's not some big secret then why don't you post the script so someone could tell you what the script does and possibly where it could be failing.

Yeah, i originally wanted to post the script but i don't think that i would be allowed to unfortunately. well i guess i'm stuck for the time being. But i'll see if i can perhaps clean it up a little or something and then post it. Regardless, thanks for your input!