What's wrong with this script?

Question

find /abc/companies/ -name 'ABC141*.csv' | while read fname
do
   sftp ABC141@servername <<EOF
   cd ../ABC141_01/
   put $fname
   quit
   EOF
   mv $fname ./archive/$(basename $fname)-$(date +%Y%m%d-%T)
done

I have tried using scp command and it doesn't work. I am using passwordless login ssh keys.

Answer 1

If the indentation shown in your question is the same as that in your actual script file, then that is likely your problem. Your EOF needs to be at the beginning of the line or you can use <<-EOF and that will allow you to indent the closing EOF but only using tabs - not spaces.

Answer 2

Is the ABC141 connecting with a public/private key? If not, then sftp is waiting for a password when you're trying to pass it commands. Simply install a public key into servername:~ABC141/.ssh/authorized_keys and the private key into ~/.ssh/id_dsa or ~/.ssh/id_rsa and then sftp should connect cleanly without waiting for a password to be entered.