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Need help with a exec command [message #42232]

Tue, 22 March 2011 15:28

B3rt
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

I want to execute a perl commando using the exec command but I cannot get the syntax correct.

vzctl exec 12345 "/usr/bin/perl \-pi\~ \-e \'\$\_=\"servername=my.hostname.here\\n\" if /\^servername=/\' /usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf"

When i execute the above commando i get the following error:
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

I tried several options and combinations but i cannot get it correct, it keeps giving an error.

The following command works within the VZ container itself:

 /usr/bin/perl -pi~ -e '$_="servername=my.hostname.here\n" if /^servername=/' /usr/local/directadmin/conf/directadmin.conf

So this command should be executed from the hardware node (outside the VZ container) using the vzctl exec command.

Can someone see the error here?
Thx for any help.

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