Run wget and other commands in shell script - bash

Question

I'm trying to create a shell script that I will download the latest Atomic gotroot rules to my server, unpack them, copy them to the correct folder, etc.,
I've been reading shell tutorials and forum posts for most of the day and the syntax escapes me for some of these. I have run all these commands and I know they work if I manually run them.
I know I need to develop some error checking, but I'm just trying to get the commands to run correctly. The main problem at the moment is the syntax of the wget commands, i've got errors about missing semi-colons, divide by zero, unsupported schemes - I've tried various quoting (single and double) and escaping - / " characters in various combinations.
Thanks for any help.
The raw wget command is
wget --user="jim" --password="xxx-yyy-zzz" "http://updates.atomicorp.com/channels/rules/subscription/VERSION"
#!/bin/sh
update_modsec_rules(){
wget=/usr/bin/wget
tar=/bin/tar
apachectl=/usr/bin/apache2ctl
TXT="Script Run Finished"
WORKING_DIR="/var/asl/updates"
TARGET_DIR="/usr/local/apache/conf/modsec_rules/"
EXISTING_FILES="/var/asl/updates/modsec/*"
EXISTING_ARCH="/var/asl/updates/modsec-*"
WGET_OPTS='--user=jim --password=xxx-yyy-zzz'
URL_BASE="http://updates.atomicorp.com/channels/rules/subscription"
# change to working directory and cleanup any downloaded files and extracted rules in modsec/ directory
cd $WORKING_DIR
rm -f $EXISTING_ARCH
rm -f $EXISTING_FILES
rm -f VERSION*
# wget to download VERSION file
$wget ${WGET_OPTS} "${URL_BASE}/VERSION"
# get current MODSEC_VERSION from VERSION file and save as variable
source VERSION
TARGET_DATE=$MODSEC_VERSION
echo $TARGET_DATE
# wget to download current archive
$wget ${WGET_OPTS} "${URL_BASE}/modsec-${TARGET_DATE}.tar.gz"
# extract archive
echo "extracting files . . . "
tar zxvf $WORKING_DIR/modsec-${TARGET_DATE}.tar.gz
echo "copying files . . . "
cp -uv $EXISTING_FILES $TARGET_DIR
echo $TXT
}
update_modsec_rules $# 2>&1 | tee -a /var/asl/modsec_update.log
RESTART_APACHE="/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv httpd"
$RESTART_APACHE

Answer 1

Here are some guidelines to use when writing shell scripts.
Always quote variables when you use them. This helps avoid the possibility of misinterpretation. (What if a filename contains a space?)
Don't trust fileglobbing on commands like rm. Use for loops instead. (What if a filename starts with a hyphen?)
Avoid subshells when possible. Your lines with backquotes make me itchy.
Don't exec if you can help it. And especially don't expect any parts of your script after your exec to actually get run.
I should point out that while your shell may be bash, you've specified /bin/sh for execution of this script, so it is NOT a bash script.
Here's a rewrite with some error checking. Add salt to taste.
#!/bin/sh
# Linux
wget=/usr/bin/wget
tar=/bin/tar
apachectl=/usr/sbin/apache2ctl
# FreeBSD
#wget=/usr/local/bin/wget
#tar=/usr/bin/tar
#apachectl=/usr/local/sbin/apachectl
TXT="GOT TO THE END, YEAH"
WORKING_DIR="/var/asl/updates"
TARGET_DIR="/usr/local/apache/conf/modsec_rules/"
EXISTING_FILES_DIR="/var/asl/updates/modsec/"
EXISTING_ARCH="/var/asl/updates/"
URL_BASE="http://updates.atomicorp.com/channels/rules/subscription"
WGET_OPTS='--user="jim" --password="xxx-yyy-zzz"'
if [ ! -x "$wget" ]; then
echo "ERROR: No wget." >&2
exit 1
elif [ ! -x "$apachectl" ]; then
echo "ERROR: No apachectl." >&2
exit 1
elif [ ! -x "$tar" ]; then
echo "ERROR: Not in Kansas anymore, Toto." >&2
exit 1
fi
# change to working directory and cleanup any downloaded files
# and extracted rules in modsec/ directory
if ! cd "$WORKING_DIR"; then
echo "ERROR: can't access working directory ($WORKING_DIR)" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Delete each file in a loop.
for file in "$EXISTING_FILES_DIR"/* "$EXISTING_ARCH_DIR"/modsec-*; do
rm -f "$file"
done
# Move old VERSION out of the way.
mv VERSION VERSION-$$
# wget1 to download VERSION file (replaces WGET1)
if ! $wget $WGET_OPTS $URL_BASE}/VERSION; then
echo "ERROR: can't get VERSION" >&2
mv VERSION-$$ VERSION
exit 1
fi
# get current MODSEC_VERSION from VERSION file and save as variable,
# but DON'T blindly trust and run scripts from an external source.
if grep -q '^MODSEC_VERSION=' VERSION; then
TARGET_DATE="`sed -ne '/^MODSEC_VERSION=/{s/^[^=]*=//p;q;}' VERSION`"
echo "Target date: $TARGET_DATE"
fi
# Download current archive (replaces WGET2)
if ! $wget ${WGET_OPTS} "${URL_BASE}/modsec-$TARGET_DATE.tar.gz"; then
echo "ERROR: can't get archive" >&2
mv VERSION-$$ VERSION # Do this, don't do this, I don't know your needs.
exit 1
fi
# extract archive
if [ ! -f "$WORKING_DIR/modsec-${TARGET_DATE}.tar.gz" ]; then
echo "ERROR: I'm confused, where's my archive?" >&2
mv VERSION-$$ VERSION # Do this, don't do this, I don't know your needs.
exit 1
fi
tar zxvf "$WORKING_DIR/modsec-${TARGET_DATE}.tar.gz"
for file in "$EXISTING_FILES_DIR"/*; do
cp "$file" "$TARGET_DIR/"
done
# So far so good, so let's restart apache.
if $apachectl configtest; then
if $apachectl restart; then
# Success!
rm -f VERSION-$$
echo "$TXT"
else
echo "ERROR: PANIC! Apache didn't restart. Notify the authorities!" >&2
exit 3
fi
else
echo "ERROR: Apache configs are broken. We're still running, but you'd better fix this ASAP." >&2
exit 2
fi
Note that while I've rewritten this to be more sensible, there is certainly still a lot of room for improvement.

Answer 2

You have two options:
1- changing this to
WGET1=' --user="jim" --password="xxx-yyy-zzz" "http://updates.atomicorp.com/channels/rules/subscription/VERSION"'
then run
wget $WGET1 same to WGET2
Or
2- encapsulating $WGET1 with backquotes ``.
e.g.:
`$WGET`
This applies to any command your executing out of a variable.
Suggested changes:
#!/bin/sh
TXT="GOT TO THE END, YEAH"
WORKING_DIR="/var/asl/updates"
TARGET_DIR="/usr/local/apache/conf/modsec_rules/"
EXISTING_FILES="/var/asl/updates/modsec/*"
EXISTING_ARCH="/var/asl/updates/modsec-*"
WGET1='wget --user="jim" --password="xxx-yyy-zzz" "http://updates.atomicorp.com/channels/rules/subscription/VERSION"'
WGET2='wget --user="jim" --password="xxx-yyy-zzz" "http://updates.atomicorp.com/channels/rules/subscription/modsec-$TARGET_DATE.tar.gz"'
## change to working directory and cleanup any downloaded files and extracted rules in modsec/ directory
cd $WORKING_DIR
rm -f $EXISTING_ARCH
rm -f $EXISTING_FILES
## wget1 to download VERSION file
`$WGET1`
## get current MODSEC_VERSION from VERSION file and save as variable
source VERSION
TARGET_DATE=`echo $MODSEC_VERSION`
## WGET2 command to download current archive
`$WGET2`
## extract archive
tar zxvf $WORKING_DIR/modsec-$TARGET_DATE.tar.gz
cp $EXISTING_FILES $TARGET_DIR
## restart server
exec '/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/restartsrv_httpd' $*;
Pro Tip: If you need string substitution, using ${VAR} is much better to eliminate ambiguity, e.g.:
tar zxvf $WORKING_DIR/modsec-${TARGET_DATE}.tar.gz