Command failed (Substitution failed while writing file) createfile until __EOF

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Script runs on RedHat 6 natively fine. I add the script to Fixlet action. The client log file shows Command failed (Substitution failed while writing file) createfile until __EOF (action:1788) from log file. The scrip is

// Enter your action script here
createfile until __EOF
#!/bin/bash

get mini UID limit

l=$(grep “^UID_MIN” /etc/login.defs)

get max UID limit

l1=$(grep “^UID_MAX” /etc/login.defs)

use awk to print if UID >= $MIN and UID <= $MAX

awk -F’:’ -v “min=${l##UID_MIN}” -v “max=${l1##UID_MAX}” ‘{ if ( $3 >= min && $3 <= max ) print $0}’ /etc/passwd > /var/opt/BESClient/localusers.tx
__EOF
move __createfile listAdminUsers.sh
move chmond a+x listAdminUsers.sh
wait listAdminUsers.sh

The script executes and creates file __createfile and writes out all lines until awk -F’:’ -v “min=${l##UID_MIN}” -v “max=${l1##UID_MAX}” ‘{ if ( $3 >= min && $3 <= max ) print $0}’ /etc/passwd > /var/opt/BESClient/localusers.tx

What is in the that line that is causing the problem? the /etc/login.defs and /etc/passwd files exist. the script runs on the system. Any thoughts?

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The braces in your actionscript for awk are being interpreted by the BigFix Client for embedded relevance, and they need to be escaped. See this technote:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21506259

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Thank Jeremy , that solved that part of the script and I am almost there. The script I am using now is

//Shell to Action Script Conversion Utility
delete __appendfile

appendfile #!/bin/bash
appendfile
appendfile ## get mini UID limit ##
appendfile l=$(grep “^UID_MIN” /etc/login.defs)
appendfile
appendfile ## get max UID limit ##
appendfile l1=$(grep “^UID_MAX” /etc/login.defs)
appendfile
appendfile ## use awk to print if UID >= $MIN and UID <= $MAX ##
appendfile awk -F’:’ -v “min=${{l##UID_MIN}” -v “max=${{l1##UID_MAX}” '{{ if ( $3 >= min && $3 <= max ) print $0}'
appendfile /etc/passwd > /var/opt/BESClient/localusers.tx

//modify appendfile to allow execution
wait chmod 555 “{(client folder of current site as string) & “/__appendfile”}”

//execute shell script as written
wait “{(client folder of current site as string) & “/__appendfile”}”

Which now works up to the last line which executes the script. The file localusers.tx is created by empty. I get a error code 126. I am running this on my redhat 6 system.

any thoughts.

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I solved the execute issue and it is now working. Thanks for the escape information.

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