On 2014-05-25 12:08, Paolo De Michele wrote:> !/bin/bash > > while read line; > do > read NR PATH NAME<<<$(IFS=" "; echo $line) > > cd /var/www/clients/ > cp -R $PATH /backup/temp/www/ > cd /backup/temp/www/ > > tar cfz `date +%F`_$NAME.tar.gz web$NR/ > mv *.tar.gz /backup/www/test/ > rm -rf /backup/temp/www/* > > done < sites.txt A few things: 1. A shebang is two chars, "#!", not just an exclamation point. (possibly just a typo / copy error) 2. $PATH is special, use something else (e.g. $path). 3. Your `tar` stanza is wrong (if it's not obvious to you why that is, now is a good time to make a habit of using long options (e.g. `--gzip`) whenever possible). 4. Always quote variables that could possibly have whitespace in them ($NAME in this case). What is it you're trying to accomplish with the IFS and echo? Why not just while read nr path name; do : stuff goes here done