Loop script to expire images using bpexpdate

[Johncu]

Hi

I am not great at scripting, and I have a few images I would like to manually expire.

I have copied them all into an input file and atempted to write a simple loop script as follows:
 

for x in `cat /opt/openv/netbackup/scripts/input`

do sed "/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -recalculate -backupid $y -d 0"

done

however it is not working returning 'Unrecognized command'

does anyone have a script I could use to manual expire all my images, I don't want to have to type in the bpexpdate comand for each and every one.

Many thanks

[rjrumfelt · Accepted solution]

with a list of images you need changed, name it  whatever


for i in `cat image_list`
do
echo $i
<install_path>/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -backupid $i -d 0
done


not sure why you are using sed


***EDIT***
Make sure you are running your script as root, if not, make sure you add sudo to the command in the script

[J_H_Is_gone]

for x in $(</opt/openv/netbackup/scripts/input)
do
echo "working on image $x"
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -recalculate -backupid $x -d 0
done

the for loop will read in the contents of the file input one line at a time
it will then put that item where ever $x appears
it will then loop until there are no more line items in the file input.

[Johncu]

both working great, many thanks!