Not sure how to continue script stop and I'm new to scripting

#!/bin/bash
#: description : This script will create a template from source vm and then clone the to a new hypervisor.

#: Note : This script assume that vm's location is /images and user name and password for both hypervisor is XXXX XXXX


cd /images

virsh list --all

#read -p 'Please enter source vm FULL NAME from the above list: '

echo -n 'Please enter source vm from the above list: '
read source
echo "This is the source vm ${source}!!!"

virsh suspend $source

cp_source=`echo $source | cut -d - -f -4`

cp -p /images/$cp_source/*.img /images/$cp_source/template.img.`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S`[/CODE]

Confused by your post:

• The sentence "Not sure how to continue script stop and I'm new to scripting" makes little sense. What are you asking?
• You're 'new to scripting'??? You were posting about scripts SEVEN YEARS AGO. Seven years of experience (along with being a member here for ELEVEN YEARS), says you're not a 'newbie'.
• You say you have two Red Hat 'certifications'....and scripting is part of the tests.

Please clarify your question; what isn't your script doing that you WANT it to do?

Hi,

you are right it's a bit confusing so let me make it clear, When finish learning school about 8 years ago I couldn't find a job in the linux platform what I did find was a job a IT microsoft sys admin.

Only about 7 months ago I started a job as a linux Junior sys admin that's why I don't have enough experience, the fact that I have the cert it's but without experience not much I can do with them(Maybe it's better to take off my profile)

back to my issue I posted it late last night and was very frustrated and tired, what I'm trying to achieve is vm clone from one hypervisor to another.

My source vm's have been installed from pxe which maintain by a different team all of my vm's name look like this:

6 lab-it-test1-002-RH-8.0 running
14 lab-it-test1-012-RH-7.4 paused

Image dir look as follow:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 11 09:47 lab-it-test1-002
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 15 09:28 lab-it-test1-012

this morning I found out that the space I have in this line before the "-4" cause the script to stop: cp_source=`echo $source | cut -d - -f -4`

Thx for you comment any tip on how to continue will be great.

in general my plan is to suspend the source vm, cp to create a template, resume source vm, sysprep my template with virt-sysprep, ssh to new hypervisor create new destination dir under /images, scp to old hypervisor and cp my template, setup my hostname + networking and install new vm using virt-install


Thx again and sorry for the confusion.

And none of that changes the fact that you have two 'certifications', and have been working with Linux for 7 months.
Ok, so 'stop' with what error?? Did you read the man page for the command? Try to enter it manually on the command line to see if it works??? These are basic troubleshooting steps.
You need to read the LQ Rules about text-speak and not using it.

thx I'm able to continue
I had a space issue

Great; and **AGAIN** you need to not use text-speak; AGAIN, read the LQ Rules. It's "thanks" not "thx"