I am trying to run an utility(nco_confpack) which works perfectly fine when used directly on command line. But when I am using the same utility in a while loop in a shell script the utility enters into infinite loop without accepting any input. How to avoid that infinite loop for utility ? Below is the code snippet which is working fine
bash-3.2$ $OMNIHOME/bin/nco_confpack -import -server SERVERA -user root -password XXXXX-select Class.list -package Class.jar
*********************************************************************
* W A R N I N G *
* *
* This action may overwrite configuration currently in your system. *
* *
* It is recommended that a backup is made of the current data *
* before importing new data. *
* *
*********************************************************************
Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? y
bash-3.2$
However, when the same utility is placed in a while loop the Do you want to continue(y/n) message enters into a infinite loop without accepting any input
bash-3.2$ ./classInstall.sh
Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? Do you want to continue (y/n) [N]? ^C
What I am doing wrong here ? Is something wrong with the utility or do I have to mention something in script explicitly ?
The script contains the same command just that its running under a finite while loop.
bash-3.2$vi classInstall.sh
cat $1 | while read theLine
do
$OMNIHOME/bin/nco_confpack -import -server SERVERA -user root -password XXXXX-select Class.list -package Class.jar
done
$1 contains two entries only so the loop , and the command is expected to run twice only
I'm not entirely sure why the while loop feeds your utility with line feeds, but you can solve the problem by feeding the expected 'y' to the utility yourself:
cat $1 | while read theLine
do
echo y | $OMNIHOME/bin/nco_confpack -import -server SERVERA -user root -password XXXXX-select Class.list -package Class.jar
done