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Crontab error but Sh Script runs from command line
I need some suggestions regarding a script I am trying to write. There are two problems .
Currently, I am writing a script in sh on HP- Unix box. I am able to run the program from the
command line but when I try to run the crontab file I get a exception error. I ran chmod 777 on my
sh script file and tried re-running it; no luck. The purpose of this script is to pull uptime information & I am needing this script to also pull the Average of all the CPUS System average loads and output to a log file in this script and need some help on how to go about doing this. I need all the suggestions I can get; This is what I have so far
For Cron File
2 * * * 1-5 \home\mon\filetest.sh
My Script file reads
#!/bin/sh
echo "System Check `" `uptime|awk ' >> filetest { print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`"
print /n/n
Currently, I am writing a script in sh on HP- Unix box. I am able to run the program from the
command line but when I try to run the crontab file I get a exception error. I ran chmod 777 on my
sh script file and tried re-running it; no luck. The purpose of this script is to pull uptime information & I am needing this script to also pull the Average of all the CPUS System average loads and output to a log file in this script and need some help on how to go about doing this. I need all the suggestions I can get; This is what I have so far
For Cron File
2 * * * 1-5 \home\mon\filetest.sh
My Script file reads
#!/bin/sh
echo "System Check `" `uptime|awk ' >> filetest { print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`"
print /n/n
For Cron File
2 * * * 1-5 \home\mon\filetest.sh
Of course, the \'s should be /'s - Was this just a typo when posting here?
Check your Unix mailfile - Any errors will be mailed yo the user who's crontab it was.
The script itself will generate errors under HPUX; Building on sunnycoders suggestion of sorting out "punctuation", the ">> filetest" should normally be at the end of the statement, e.g.
echo "System Check " `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'` >> filetest
2 * * * 1-5 \home\mon\filetest.sh
Of course, the \'s should be /'s - Was this just a typo when posting here?
Check your Unix mailfile - Any errors will be mailed yo the user who's crontab it was.
The script itself will generate errors under HPUX; Building on sunnycoders suggestion of sorting out "punctuation", the ">> filetest" should normally be at the end of the statement, e.g.
echo "System Check " `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'` >> filetest
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I made some adjust with my script it still will only run at the command line and not via cron
I have aded some more stuff to my script
#!/usr/bin/sh
SRVNM=`uname -n`
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
print "\n\n"
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest.sh
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
echo "-------------------------
print "\n\n"
redid the cron file to read
2 * * * * /home/mon/filetest
And I keep getting these errors
SRVNM=`uname -n`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "-------------------------
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
I have aded some more stuff to my script
#!/usr/bin/sh
SRVNM=`uname -n`
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
print "\n\n"
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest.sh
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
echo "-------------------------
print "\n\n"
redid the cron file to read
2 * * * * /home/mon/filetest
And I keep getting these errors
SRVNM=`uname -n`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "-------------------------
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
when you use cron to run a script, cron doesn't have all the ENV vars setting as you
do in command line, so it is the ENV setting problem.
You said the script works in command line (eg for user fred), you can use fred's
login ENV to run the cron job:
eg:
su - fred -c /path-to script.
eg:
2 * * * * /usr/bin/su - fred -c "/home/mon/filetest"
or if the script works for root in commandline
2 * * * * /usr/bin/su - root -c "/home/mon/filetest"
do in command line, so it is the ENV setting problem.
You said the script works in command line (eg for user fred), you can use fred's
login ENV to run the cron job:
eg:
su - fred -c /path-to script.
eg:
2 * * * * /usr/bin/su - fred -c "/home/mon/filetest"
or if the script works for root in commandline
2 * * * * /usr/bin/su - root -c "/home/mon/filetest"
ASKER
can I still run this command if I do not have root access.
You maybe able to help me , I was browsing through and did see a prior post
I ran the command
who am i
mon
echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/ksh
ls -al .[a-z]*
-rw-rw-rw- 1 mon pd 0 Aug 9 13:08 .addressbook
-rw------- 1 mon pd 2285 Aug 9 13:08 .addressbook.lu
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 814 Aug 4 10:40 .cshrc
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 347 Aug 4 10:40 .exrc
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 341 Aug 4 10:40 .login
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7261 Aug 9 21:23 .pine-debug1
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7261 Aug 9 17:52 .pine-debug2
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7209 Aug 9 15:53 .pine-debug3
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7261 Aug 9 13:46 .pine-debug4
-rw-rw-rw- 1 mon pd 11484 Aug 9 13:08 .pinerc
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 3297 Aug 4 15:57 .profile
-rw------- 1 mon pd 35098 Sep 2 21:46 .sh_history
I tried adding this to my sh script
/home/mon/.profile
/home/mon/.sh_history
/home/mon/.exrc
Not sure if the last 2 lines are needed
but I received a error at the top but it still continues to run the script
/filetest[2]: /home/mon/.profile: Execute permission denied.
./filetest [3]: /home/mon/.sh_history: Execute permission denied.
./filetest[4]: /home/mon/.exrc: Execute permission denied.
Status Taken at: Thu Sep 2 21:51:50 CDT 2004
CPU 1= 0.32
CPU 2= 0.32
CPU 3= 0.37
You maybe able to help me , I was browsing through and did see a prior post
I ran the command
who am i
mon
echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/ksh
ls -al .[a-z]*
-rw-rw-rw- 1 mon pd 0 Aug 9 13:08 .addressbook
-rw------- 1 mon pd 2285 Aug 9 13:08 .addressbook.lu
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 814 Aug 4 10:40 .cshrc
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 347 Aug 4 10:40 .exrc
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 341 Aug 4 10:40 .login
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7261 Aug 9 21:23 .pine-debug1
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7261 Aug 9 17:52 .pine-debug2
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7209 Aug 9 15:53 .pine-debug3
-rw------- 1 mon pd 7261 Aug 9 13:46 .pine-debug4
-rw-rw-rw- 1 mon pd 11484 Aug 9 13:08 .pinerc
-r--r--r-- 1 mon pd 3297 Aug 4 15:57 .profile
-rw------- 1 mon pd 35098 Sep 2 21:46 .sh_history
I tried adding this to my sh script
/home/mon/.profile
/home/mon/.sh_history
/home/mon/.exrc
Not sure if the last 2 lines are needed
but I received a error at the top but it still continues to run the script
/filetest[2]: /home/mon/.profile: Execute permission denied.
./filetest [3]: /home/mon/.sh_history: Execute permission denied.
./filetest[4]: /home/mon/.exrc: Execute permission denied.
Status Taken at: Thu Sep 2 21:51:50 CDT 2004
CPU 1= 0.32
CPU 2= 0.32
CPU 3= 0.37
ASKER
i ran chmod 777 on my file and reran the crontab file and now I am getting a different error
crontab: can't open your crontab file.
My script still runs at the command line but permissions error still show at the beginning of the script after it is run
filetest[2]: /home/mon/.profile: Execute permission denied.
./filetest [3]: /home/mon/.sh_history: Execute permission denied.
./filetest[4]: /home/mon/.exrc: Execute permission denied.
Status Taken at: Thu Sep 2 21:51:50 CDT 2004
CPU 1= 0.32
CPU 2= 0.32
CPU 3= 0.37
crontab: can't open your crontab file.
My script still runs at the command line but permissions error still show at the beginning of the script after it is run
filetest[2]: /home/mon/.profile: Execute permission denied.
./filetest [3]: /home/mon/.sh_history: Execute permission denied.
./filetest[4]: /home/mon/.exrc: Execute permission denied.
Status Taken at: Thu Sep 2 21:51:50 CDT 2004
CPU 1= 0.32
CPU 2= 0.32
CPU 3= 0.37
ASKER
Ok, now I am back to the error I had before.
SRVNM=`uname -n`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "-------------------------
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
Can someone tell me if I am setting up my ENV path correctly
This is what I am putting in my sh script file
/home/mon/.profile
/home/mon/.sh_history
/home/mon/.exrc
SRVNM=`uname -n`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
echo "-------------------------
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
print "\n\n"
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.
Can someone tell me if I am setting up my ENV path correctly
This is what I am putting in my sh script file
/home/mon/.profile
/home/mon/.sh_history
/home/mon/.exrc
ASKER
ok I removed the other 2 below from script
/home/mon/.sh_history
/home/mon/.exrc
But I left below in my sh script. I ran chmod 777 .profile & reran my script with this one only listed and also I added a Path and Export Path option, My script still runs but the permission error is gone now and I am still getting the same error with cron. I think somethings missing from my script.
#!/usr/bin/sh
/home/mon/.profile
PATH=/sbin/sh:/usr/bin:/us
export PATH
SRVNM=`uname -n`
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
print "\n"
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
echo "-------------------------
/home/mon/.sh_history
/home/mon/.exrc
But I left below in my sh script. I ran chmod 777 .profile & reran my script with this one only listed and also I added a Path and Export Path option, My script still runs but the permission error is gone now and I am still getting the same error with cron. I think somethings missing from my script.
#!/usr/bin/sh
/home/mon/.profile
PATH=/sbin/sh:/usr/bin:/us
export PATH
SRVNM=`uname -n`
echo "\nStatus Taken at: "`date`
print "\n"
echo "$SRVNM System Check `uptime|awk '{ print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`" >> filetest
uptime |sed -e 's/.*: //' -e 's/ //g' | awk -F , ' { print "CPU 1= "$1 "\nCPU 2= " $2 "\nCPU 3= " $3 } '
echo "-------------------------
ASKER
Also I have a question about this since I added /home/mon/.profile
and reviewed my .profile file through vi it shows I have no paths setup in my environment variables.
Would I need to specifiy a path one for cron is pulling info from my .profile file?
and reviewed my .profile file through vi it shows I have no paths setup in my environment variables.
Would I need to specifiy a path one for cron is pulling info from my .profile file?
> echo "System Check `" `uptime|awk ' >> filetest { print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 }'`"
Your quotes look suspect ....
echo "System Check " `uptime|awk ' >> filetest { print $1,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10, $11,$12 } ' `
Sunnycoder