Question

I’m creating a bash script that will load CSV files using SQL*Loader. Please refer to the code below:

#!/bin/bash
FILENAME = '/u02/logs/$(date -d '2 days ago' +%Y-%m-%d)*.csv'

# LOAD CSV FILE USING SQL*LOADER
sqlldr username/password@localhost control=control.ctl data=$FILENAME

However, when I try to run this script, I recieved the following error: SQL*Loader-500: Unable to open file (/u02/logs/*2011-11-06*.csv). I figure out that the problem is my * wildcard which is being interpreted as a string instead of a wildcard in bash.

Is there a way to tell the bash that my asterisk (*) is a wildcard and not a string?

Thank you for your support.

Answer 1

i dont know about sqlldr, but i think you can try:

#!/bin/bash
FILENAME = '/u02/logs/$(date -d '2 days ago' +%Y-%m-%d)*.csv'

# LOAD CSV FILE USING SQL*LOADER
for fname in $(ls $FILENAME); do
    sqlldr username/password@localhost control=control.ctl data=$fname
done

hope it helps