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Linux mv command with time adding spaces

This is my bash script to copy a csv file to a new file that has the timestamp added to the end it is then copied to another server.

#!/bin/bash
timestamp=`date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"`
ssh root@172.16.1.125 mv /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/Master.csv /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/Master.csv.$timestamp
scp root@172.16.1.125:/var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/Master.csv.$timestamp /opt/logs/asterisk/Master.csv.$timestamp

This however adds two spaces to the end of the file. Example:

Orig File: test.csv
MV File: test.csv.20160204083042(space)(space)

Then when the scp tries to locate the file it cant file it due to the spaces at the end. I have given up as I have tried all variations.

Solution

  • Thanks. All it seems it was the encoding was incorrect the line endings were not set to unix. I develop on a windows machine and deploy to the server which messed up the line endings.