GET Dynamic Date file using SFTP?

Question

I am creating a bash file which will download file daily but file name is dynamic it generates file on the basis of date something like '20190819.log' My code is as follows :

   export SSHPASS=$SFTP_PASS
   DATE=`$DATE -d "-1 day" +"%Y%m%d"`

   sshpass -e sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - $SFTP_USER@$SFTP_HOST<<-'EOF'
    mget $DATE.log
   EOF

But in line mget $DATE.log it is treating $DATE as string. Need help...Thanks in advance.

Don't quote `'EOF'`. The quotes tell bash not to expand parameters inside the here-doc — rici, Aug 19 '19 at 19:41
@rici so what should I add in stead of EOF in order to make it functional ? — BASEER HAIDER JAFRI, Aug 19 '19 at 19:43
@rici great It worked you can add answer so that I can accept it...Thank you so much — BASEER HAIDER JAFRI, Aug 19 '19 at 19:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '19 at 19:48

When you put quotes around the here-doc end delimiter (<<-'EOF' in this case), you are asking the shell to not expand parameters in the here-doc. If you want shell variables to be expanded, lose the quotes (<<-EOF).

But in this particular case, you might find that scp is easier to use.

GET Dynamic Date file using SFTP?

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