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I have a very simple one liner update_pot.sh

find . -iname "*.php" | xargs xgettext -olocale/messages.pot --from-code=UTF-8 -j

it works file if run ./update_pot.sh from prompt. but when i call from a cron job it returns

xgettext: no input file given
Try `xgettext --help' for more information.

I tried putting #! /bin/sh for the first line but no change.

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It is probably running from the wrong directory. Put a cd to the correct directory at the beginning of the script or change the find to use an absolute path.

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You could also change find . to find /path/to/starting/directory – Iain♦ Jan 20 '11 at 13:53
yes it was the path.I added a cd $(dirname $0) at the beginning. I purposely left the path . in the find so the the script which is part of a php application will work no matter where the whole directory is copied or moved. – Grant M Jan 22 '11 at 4:57
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I always try the same command with no environment like 

env - find . -iname "*.php" | xargs xgettext -olocale/messages.pot --from-code=UTF-8 -j

but Cakemox is right - you should specify the path to find

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