append file name

watcher69b · 10-07-2009, 01:54 PM

I know similar questions have been asked before but I cannot seem to get it to work.

I have a file file.something.nhMMYY that i need to ftp
(MMYY being Month and Year)

I want to add something into the script to auto-magically insert the MMYY

I can get the date format by using

Quote:

date '+%m%d%y'

Here is the part of the script that does work

Quote:

#!/bin/sh
HOST='169.1.691.991'
USER='watcher69b'
PASSWD='linuxquestions'
FILE=‘file.something.nhmmyy’

ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
put $FILE
quit
END_SCRIPT
exit 0

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

centosboy · 10-07-2009, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watcher69b

I know similar questions have been asked before but I cannot seem to get it to work.

I have a file file.something.nhMMYY that i need to ftp
(MMYY being Month and Year)

I want to add something into the script to auto-magically insert the MMYY

I can get the date format by using

Here is the part of the script that does work

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

actually i dont think the answer i gave before is what you are looking for?
so you want a file created with the date appended? or you need to automatically include a file named with a certain date?

chrism01 · 10-07-2009, 06:05 PM

Code:

d=`date '+%m%y`
f=file.something.nh
nf=${f}${d}
echo $nf

watcher69b · 10-08-2009, 04:24 AM

Nice thank you very much! It worked like a dream.
final code for anyone else with the same problem was:

#!/bin/sh
HOST='169.1.691.991'
USER='watcher69b'
PASSWD='linuxquestions'
d=`date '+%m%y'`
f=file.something.nh
nf=${f}${d}
echo $nf
FILE=$nf

ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
put $FILE
quit
END_SCRIPT
exit 0

chrism01 · 10-08-2009, 06:29 PM

The short var names and echo are just for illustrative purposes (and because I'm lazy

).
I recommend you use more meaningful names in real code. You can assign the generated name immediately to the ultimate var (FILE), no need to use an intermediate (nf).

jschiwal · 10-08-2009, 07:01 PM

You may have a problem with your script.

If the original file is file1 and exists, the ftp command can have a second argument:
put ${filename} ${filename}-${date}

In your script, you added the date to the file's name and tried to put that. That might create an empty file on the ftp server.

watcher69b · 10-09-2009, 04:50 AM

the put command was a typo. I am actually trying to download the file on a monthly basis.
I am hopeful though I have not yet had a chance to test yet.

watcher69b · 10-21-2009, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watcher69b

the put command was a typo. I am actually trying to download the file on a monthly basis.
I am hopeful though I have not yet had a chance to test yet.

I tested the script Im 99% there.
problem is that the file name on the remote system is 'filenameMMYY'
(note the single quotes)
the script displays the filenameMMYY but does not have the single quotes.

any ideas on adding those dam quotes to the script?

chrism01 · 10-21-2009, 07:31 PM

No system should be creating a filename that actually has quotes in it. Are you really sure that's not just a displaying issue?
If(!) it really has quotes, that needs fixing; its going to cause all sorts of issues, as you've discovered.
If you have to live with quotes (yuck!), try backslash to escape them.

\'name\'