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[Fuad_1]

Hi all,

echo "\$send_file_list" | ftp -i xyz

What the above script line is doing, and where I can get the send_file_list?

Thanks.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

The echo statement is writing to STDOUT the exact string shown and then passing (piping) that to the 'ftp' process which is going to open an interactive ftp session with host "xyz".

The backslash in front of the '$' escapes tells your shell *not* to interpolate the string as a variable but leave it alone.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Fuad_1]

Thanks James,

But where I can see the value of send_file_list?

[Oviwan]

there is no value for send_file_list. try it in a shell:
# echo "\$send_file_list"
$send_file_list

is this a line in a script?

[Fuad_1]

Yes, this suppose to transfer file from one server to another!

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Fuad:

> But where I can see the value of send_file_list?

There is no value. The backslash ('\') tells the shell *not* to evaluate the '$send_file_list'. Compare these:

# send_file_list=somefiles
# echo "$send_file_list"
somefiles
# echo "\$esnd_file_list"
$send_file_list

Regards!

...JRF...

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Fuad:

> Yes, this suppose to transfer file from one server to another!

Then you undoubedly want to drop the '\' from "\$send_file_list".

Regards!

...JRF...