Hello everybody,
My situation is a little difficult but i will try to explain what is the exact problem that i am facing.I have a bash script that I want to execute.
The script is described below and I am executing it on a Solaris X.




When I execute it I get the following


# sh ALU_SOL_SET_HOST_SCRIPT.sh
ALU_SOL_SET_HOST_SCRIPT.sh: ^M: not found

ALU_SOL_SET_HOST_SCRIPT.sh: ^M: not found
cd /var/tmp/
ALU_SOL_SET_HOST_SCRIPT.sh: /var/tmp/^M: does not exist


When I open the script with vi I can see the ^M argument @ every line.I am not sure whether the ^M argument is the problem here.I guess I will remove it and check but I would like your professional opinion on the matter.Is the ^M symbol supposed to show up in vi on every line?
If i do just a regular cat ALU_SOL_SET_HOST_SCRIPT.sh it doesnt show any ^M symbols.


# cat ALU_SOL_SET_HOST_SCRIPT.sh
#!/bin/sh
###########################################################
############################################################

set -x

cd /var/tmp/

echo "######################################################" > /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
echo "CENSORED STUFF" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
echo "######################################################" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log

DOMAIN=`/CENSORED STUFF "ALL_SYSTEM_DOMAIN"`
if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
echo "Couldn't find ALL_SYSTEM_DOMAIN custom attribute" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
exit 1
fi
if [ ${DOMAIN} = 1 ]; then
echo "ALL_SYSTEM_DOMAIN custom attribute is not set properly" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
exit 1
fi

HOSTNAME=`/CENSORED STUFF "ALL_SYSTEM_HOSTNAME"`
if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
echo "Couldn't find ALL_SYSTEM_HOSTNAME custom attribute" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
exit 1
fi
if [ ${HOSTNAME} = 1 ]; then
echo "ALL_SYSTEM_HOSTNAME custom attribute is not set properly" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
exit 1
fi

IP=`CENSORED STUFF "ALL_NETWORK_PRD_IP"`
if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
echo "Couldn't find ALL_NETWORK_PRD_IP custom attribute" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
exit 1
fi
if [ ${IP} = 1 ]; then
echo "ALL_NETWORK_PRD_IP custom attribute is not set properly" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
exit 1
fi

#1. Configure /etc/hosts
echo "/etc/hosts:" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
cp /etc/hosts /var/tmp/hosts.sav
echo "#" > /etc/hosts
echo "# Internet host table" >> /etc/hosts
echo "#" >> /etc/hosts
echo "::1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts
echo "${IP} ${HOSTNAME} ${HOSTNAME}.${DOMAIN}" >> /etc/hosts
cat /etc/hosts >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
echo "######################################################" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log

#2. configure hostname
echo "hostame:" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
echo "${HOSTNAME}" > /etc/nodename
hostname ${HOSTNAME}
echo `hostname` >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
echo "######################################################" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log

#3. configure other files
cp /etc/hosts /etc/inet/hosts

# restart network service
svcadm restart network/physical >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log

echo "######################################################" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
# force to update SA DB with latest info
/CENSORED STUFF/pylibs/cog/bs_hardware >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
/CENSORED STUFFpylibs/cog/bs_software >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log


echo "######################################################" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
echo "END PROCESS" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log
echo "######################################################" >> /var/tmp/configure_hostname.log

Did you create this file in Windows and then ftp/scp it to a Linux box in binary mode? Because vi displays the Windows CR+LF character as ^M.

Delete that from every line, you should be good to go. There are utilities that can fix it for you, too. Check out dos2unix for one.

Great I am doing it @ the moment.Actually someone else did the transfer.I suspected that but I wanted to present all info.Thanks for the quick response.Wow this forum is amazing 2-3 mins to respond.Thanks for that SL00b !!

Let the other person know that if he sends the file next time in ASCII mode, this problem would be avoided.

Glad to help.

I executed the script and it works as expected.Now I will convert those files (which were deployed as ZIP`s originally) into ASCII and will try it again.Thanks again.