https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/plink-putty/m-p/3855053#M98189 Hello,<BR /><BR />why not try :<BR /><BR />plink.exe -pw utsftp utsftp@hpcb3 -P 22 "if [ -r /var/opt/oracle/oratab ]; then ofile=/var/opt/oracle/oratab; else ofile=/etc/oratab; fi; grep -i ^giro $ofile | cut -d: -f2"<BR /><BR />Jean-Yves Picard Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:42:40 GMT Jean-Yves Picard 2006-09-04T08:42:40Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/plink-putty/m-p/3855052#M98188 When in rumba I execute the command and it works:<BR /><BR /><BR />ORACLE_HOME=`if [ -r /var/opt/oracle/oratab ]; then ofile=/var/opt/oracle/oratab; else ofile=/etc/oratab; fi; grep -i "^giro:" $ofile | cut -d: -f2`; export ORACLE_HOME; echo $ORACLE_HOME<BR /> <BR />Returning the value <BR /><BR />/ora1db01/app/oracle/product/10202<BR /><BR /><BR />from my PC I execute the <BR /><BR />Plink.exe command as follows:<BR /> <BR />plink.exe -pw utsftp utsftp@hpcb3 -P 22 "ORACLE_HOME=`if [ -r /var/opt/oracle/oratab ]; then ofile=/var/opt/oracle/oratab; else ofile=/etc/oratab; fi; grep -i “^giro” $ofile | cut -d: -f2`; export ORACLE_HOME; echo $ORACLE_HOME"<BR /><BR /><BR />but instead the returning value is <BR /><BR /><BR />if [ -r /var/opt/oracle/oratab ]; then ofile=/var/opt/oracle/oratab; else ofile=/etc/oratab; fi; grep -i “^giro” $ofile | cut -d: -f2<BR /><BR /><BR />How do I get the command to work correctly?<BR /><BR /> Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:08:44 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/plink-putty/m-p/3855052#M98188 p7 2006-09-01T08:08:44Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/plink-putty/m-p/3855053#M98189 Hello,<BR /><BR />why not try :<BR /><BR />plink.exe -pw utsftp utsftp@hpcb3 -P 22 "if [ -r /var/opt/oracle/oratab ]; then ofile=/var/opt/oracle/oratab; else ofile=/etc/oratab; fi; grep -i ^giro $ofile | cut -d: -f2"<BR /><BR />Jean-Yves Picard Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:42:40 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/plink-putty/m-p/3855053#M98189 Jean-Yves Picard 2006-09-04T08:42:40Z