Why is Bash ignoring the second half of the script?

Asked Jan 14 '21 at 17:05

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I'm wondering why my code is not working. It connects via SFTP, however no files are transferred, no feedback is given on the second half of code, and no errors are presented.

#!/bin/bash
export username=xxx
export password=xxx
export url=xxx
export port=2222
export path=//wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TEST
wget ftp://$username:$password@$url:$port/* -P $path

lcd volume1/IT_Services/TEST
cd volume1/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TEST
ls -1 volume1/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/TEST
binary
put TEST.txt
bye

Output:

Resolving xxx... 00.000.00.00
Connecting to xxx|00.000.00.00|:2222... connected.

edited Jan 14 '21 at 18:55

Cyrus

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asked Jan 14 '21 at 17:05

Layton Hauler

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`lcd` is not a shell command, it's a ftp command. You can't call ftp commands from a shell script directly. – choroba Jan 14 '21 at 17:07
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Everything after `wget` looks like it's intended to be a here-doc input to `ftp`. – Barmar Jan 14 '21 at 17:08
`wget` is still running, waiting for the input that you put in the shell script. – chepner Jan 14 '21 at 17:08
@chepner `wget` is not an interactive command. – Barmar Jan 14 '21 at 17:09
@Barmar I'm wondering about the lack of any error like "lcd: command not found" if the script were actually progressing past `wget`. (Maybe there is, and the OP isn't reporting it.) – chepner Jan 14 '21 at 17:11
FYI: There's no need to export the variables. And you should make a habit of quoting variables in case they contain special characters. – Barmar Jan 14 '21 at 17:11
Run the script with `bash -x` to see a transcript of the commands as they're executing. – Barmar Jan 14 '21 at 17:15
@chepner I didn't get that error unfortunately. – Layton Hauler Jan 14 '21 at 17:16
@choroba what do you suggest I change? – Layton Hauler Jan 14 '21 at 17:17
@Barmar I tried that and did not get useful feedback. How would I change to a here-doc input to ftp? – Layton Hauler Jan 14 '21 at 17:17
`ftp "$username@$url" < – Barmar Jan 14 '21 at 17:18

Why is Bash ignoring the second half of the script?

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