SFTP error in UNIX

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I have this code snippet:

sftp $USERNAME@$REMOTE_SERVER -omode=ascii >> $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME  2>&1                                    
ls /+showall                                                                                                    
ls /+ mode=text,recfm=fb,lrecl=80,space=trk.8.1,release                                                            
##quote site file=jes
pwd                                                                                                                
lcd $LOCAL_DIRECTORY
lpwd                                                                                                            
$DIRECTION $LOCAL_FILENAME $REMOTE_FILENAME                                                                        
ls $REMOTE_FILENAME                                                                                                
cd //$REMOTE_DIRECTORY                                                                                            
ls /+mode=text,jesjobwait                                                                                        
lcd $BIN_PATH                                                                                                    
lpwd                                                                                                            
$DIRECTION $LOCAL_JOBNAME $REMOTE_JOBNAME                                                                        
ls $REMOTE_JOBNAME                                                                                                
get /+/error.log                                                                                                 
quit

and i get the following error when i execute this program:

syntax error at line 157: `end of file' unexpected

Please advise.

Thanks,
Jess

2

I do not see where you say to sftp its in batch mode for a start...
How do you expect us to tell you what is wrong giving us only partial code, when error mentions line 157?

3

Can you reproduce that code snippet with line numbers, or at least point out where line 157 is, please?

4

Moderator comments were removed during original forum migration.

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USERNAME="$1"
export USERNAME
REMOTE_SERVER="$2"
export REMOTE_SERVER
LOCAL_DIRECTORY="$3"
export LOCAL_DIRECTORY
REMOTE_DIRECTORY="$4"
export REMOTE_DIRECTORY
DIRECTION="$5"
export DIRECTION
LOCAL_FILENAME="$6"
export LOCAL_FILENAME
REMOTE_FILENAME="$7"
export REMOTE_FILENAME
LOGFILE_PATH="$8"
export LOGFILE_PATH
LOG_FILENAME="$9"
export LOG_FILENAME
BIN_PATH="$10"
export BIN_PATH
LOCAL_JOBNAME="$11"
export LOCAL_JOBNAME
REMOTE_JOBNAME="$12"
export REMOTE_JOBNAME

##Validating if all inputs were entered
echo "Entering the program `date`" 																				| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
if [ $# -ne 12 ]
then
echo "One or more inputs to this program were not entered." 													| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
echo "Please verify the Appworx module" 																		| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
echo "Aborting the program on `date`"																			| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
exit 1
else
echo "All inputs to this program have been entered" 															| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
fi

echo "Connecting to the BLUE Mainframe with USER:$USERNAME" 													| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
echo "Remote host is: $REMOTE_SERVER"                                                                           | tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
sftp $USERNAME@$REMOTE_SERVER -omode=ascii >> $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME  2>&1                        	        
ls /+showall																									
ls /+ mode=text,recfm=fb,lrecl=80,space=trk.8.1,release															
##quote site file=jes
pwd																												
lcd $LOCAL_DIRECTORY
lpwd																											
$DIRECTION $LOCAL_FILENAME $REMOTE_FILENAME																		
ls $REMOTE_FILENAME																								
cd //$REMOTE_DIRECTORY																							
ls /+mode=text,jesjobwait																						
lcd $BIN_PATH																									
lpwd																											
$DIRECTION $LOCAL_JOBNAME $REMOTE_JOBNAME																		
ls $REMOTE_JOBNAME																								
get /+/error.log 																								
quit

echo "SFTP connection successfully exited"  																	| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME
echo "Checking the log file for errors"																			| tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME

cd $LOG_FILEPATH
sftp_check=`grep -i "Aborting the program" $LOG_FILENAME | wc -l`
if [ "$sftp_check" -gt 0 ]
then
        echo '\n'
        echo "##################################"
        echo  ERROR: Please enter the input parameters correctly.
        echo  'SFTP to Blue Server failed'
        echo "##################################"
        echo `date`
        exit 1
fi

sftp_check=`grep -i "Couldn't stat remote file" $LOG_FILENAME | wc -l`
if [ "$sftp_check" -gt 0 ]
then
        echo '\n'
        echo "##################################"
        echo  ERROR: SFTP Transfer Not Completed
        echo  'SFTP to Blue Server failed'
        echo "##################################"
        echo `date`
        exit 1
fi

sftp_check=`grep -i "No such file or directory" $LOG_FILENAME | wc -l`
if [ "$sftp_check" -gt 0 ]
then
        echo '\n'
        echo "##################################"
        echo  ERROR: SFTP Transfer Not Completed
        echo  'SFTP to Blue Server failed'
        echo "##################################"
        echo `date`
        exit 1
fi

echo "Script Completed"
echo"Exiting the program on `date`"
6

That are 100 lines only, so still no syntax error at line 157 possible. To me, that msg sounds like an unpaired single/double quote somewhere in the script.

7

What about the second sftp_check ?

8

there's no here-doc for the sftp block.
How do you expect this to work?
What are all these '| tee ' commands on the right?

Brrrr......

9

I have a modification log and comments which i removed, hence 157 lines.

---------- Post updated at 10:21 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:18 PM ----------

The tee commands append the output of the commands(outside) sftp to the log file.
What's a here-doc.
The SFTP portion works just fine.. but when i parameterize it doesnt work..

10

Forgive me if I seem to out of my mind - Its end of day and was a had week for me...
my 2 cents:
On top of RudiC remarks above
I dont quite understand this line ( the use??)

echo "Remote host is: $REMOTE_SERVER"                                                                           | tee -a $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME

the tee that is which can lead to some strange issues...
and now:

sftp $USERNAME@$REMOTE_SERVER -omode=ascii >> $LOG_FILEPATH/$LOG_FILENAME  2>&1                        	        
ls /+showall																									
ls /+ mode=text,recfm=fb,lrecl=80,space=trk.8.1,release															
##quote site file=jes
pwd																												
lcd $LOCAL_DIRECTORY
lpwd																											
$DIRECTION $LOCAL_FILENAME $REMOTE_FILENAME																		
ls $REMOTE_FILENAME																								
cd //$REMOTE_DIRECTORY																							
ls /+mode=text,jesjobwait																						
lcd $BIN_PATH																									
lpwd																											
$DIRECTION $LOCAL_JOBNAME $REMOTE_JOBNAME																		
ls $REMOTE_JOBNAME																								
get /+/error.log 																								
quit
.
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Please forgive me if Im worng but I have a very poor eyesight this week... Typos as well...
This looks like a heredoc syntax , and if it is the case then there is something wrong in the syntax as I see not the << redirection though
I suppose the quit must be in relation or I am missing even more in trying to understand the given code

So?

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11

Thanks vgersh99, you were faster then me and I did not see the other tees haha

12

For our new member

This explains what a here-doc is:

Here Documents

My understanding is the sftp works fine when in interactive mode and you transcribed down what you want your batch script to do

most sftp have a -b option for batch mode too...

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