[i92guboj]

On a first sight, that script is syntactically correct, so it should work. Look out for bad line breaks if you wrote this on the windows notepad or something like that (tip: dos2unix).

Also, for the sake of consistency, if you use $() on the DATE line, you should use the same on the BASE line instead of `...`. Uniformity helps readability of the script quite a bit, and $() is always preferable on a script because it's meaning is inmediatly obvious, while the clarity of backticks ` often depends on teh font you are using :P

Other than the styliscit note I don't see any problem with that script.

[vsemaska]

Change the 1st line to (add the -vx):

#!/bin/bash -vx

This will display the commands as they're being executed. I copied your script and ran it, it worked for me.

[DanglingChap]

sorry guys - i was not able to get back to this thread and was not able to reply/thank to the help you gave me.

I tried to change the script as per you people said .. but again same error

[root@server logs]# sh zipping-script.sh 
: command not foundline 2: 
zipping-script.sh: line 9: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
zipping-script.sh: line 9: `    done'

[vsemaska]

As i mentioned in my last post we need to see the commands being executed. I suggested this as your 1st line in the script:

#!/bin/bash -vx

Another way is to run the script with this command:

sh -vx zipping-script.sh