bash script

jonlake · 05-13-2005, 09:15 AM

#!/bin/bash
#check dns backups

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#check dns backups

gdate=`date | awk '{print $2,$3;}'`
tmp="/apps/backups/complete"
cd /apps/backups/dnsone
for dir in `ls /apps/backups/dnsone | grep 1`
do
  cd /apps/backups/dnsone/$dir
  for file in `ls -l | grep $gdate | awk '{print $9;}'`
  do
    size=`ls -l | grep $file | awk '{print $5;}'`
    date=`ls -l | grep $file | awk '{print $6,$7;}'`
    echo "$file was backed up to /apps/backups/dnsone$dir/$file on $date. The file size is $size" >> $tmp
  done
done

Code:

# cd /apps/backups/dnsone
# ls | grep 1
10-10-1-50
10-128-133-14
10-128-5-14
10-128-5-42
10-128-5-43
10-4-0-149
10-5-0-1

When I run this, I get

Code:

# ./dns.sh
grep: can't open 13
grep: can't open 13
grep: can't open 13
grep: can't open 13
grep: can't open 13
grep: can't open 13
grep: can't open 13

I know that it is trying to run

Code:

grep May 13

when I want it to run

Code:

grep "May 13"

I know it works with the quotes because I have substituted them for the variable.
I tried

Code:

gdate=\"`date | awk '{print $2,$3;}'`\"

, and when I echo $gdate it gives me "May 13", so I thought that should work, but it gives me

Code:

grep: can't open 13"
grep: can't open 13"
grep: can't open 13"
grep: can't open 13"
grep: can't open 13"
grep: can't open 13"
grep: can't open 13"

trevelluk · 05-13-2005, 09:18 AM

Try using grep "$gdate"

jonlake · 05-13-2005, 09:27 AM

Thank you, I am an idiot. I tried that before, but it didn't work. Now I realize why it didn't work. The backups run at night and it is looking for the files that will be there afterwards, the files aren't currently there.

Thanks,

Jon

trevelluk · 05-13-2005, 09:36 AM

No problem. I've made plenty of mistakes like that before.