Obviously you do not want to add your Username\/Password to scripts so how can you enter those and make use of execute_cmd and sftp_file without them? Simple provide them as command line arguments in your master script that organizes all the steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#!\/bin\/bash\nusage() {\n echo \"Usage: $0 [-u <username>] [-p <passwrd>]\" 1>&2\n echo \"-u Intranet Password\" 1>&2\n echo \"-p Intranet Password\" 1>&2\n exit 1\n }\n\nwhile getopts \"u:p:\" o; do\n case \"${o}\" in\n u)\n username=${OPTARG}\n ;;\n p)\n password=${OPTARG}\n ;;\n *)\n usage\n ;;\n esac\ndone\n\nshift $((OPTIND-1))\n\nif [ \"$samepwd\" = true ] ; then\n ftppassword=${password}\n ftpid=${username}\nfi\n\nif [ -z \"${username}\" ] || [ -z \"${password}\" ]; then\n usage\nfi\n\necho Username: ${username}\necho Passsword: ${password}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nUsage: command_name -u -p<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now you can extend this out, and when I get a chance I’ll do another post on how to add additional arguments to this script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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