The command does not work in the script, but it works in the shell

Question

I am writing a script to use SSH profiles, ~ / scripts / ssh-profiled.sh

PROFILE=`cat ~/script/ssh-profiles/$1` echo [ssh $PROFILE] ssh $PROFILE 

~ / scripts / SSH profiles / tummi

 -i ~/Dropbox/security/key-nopass/key-nopass.pvt [e-mail] 

When I run the script, it fails:

 bart@bart-laptop :~$ script/ssh-profiled.sh tummi [ssh -i ~/Dropbox/security/key-nopass/key-nopass.pvt [e-mail] ] Warning: Identity file ~/Dropbox/security/key-nopass/key-nopass.pvt not accessible: No such file or directory. [e-mail] password: 

But it works:

 bart@bart-laptop :~$ ssh -i ~/Dropbox/security/key-nopass/key-nopass.pvt [e-mail] Linux tummi 2.6.32-24-server #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 28 06:21:40 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Welcome to the Ubuntu Server! 

Is there a / gotcha error in my script?

Answer 1

Change the first line to

 eval PROFILE=`cat ~/script/ssh-profiles/$1` 

For an explanation see here

Answer 2

~ in your file should be the full path to the home directory, it does not expand.

Answer 3

My hunch is that "~ /" is not interpreted as expected when passed this way. Try using an explicit full path.

Answer 4

What are the permissions for the .pvt file? If only you have read access and no one can execute it, then your script may not even see the file. Perhaps this is why you get the message "...not accessible: No such file or directory." .