BusyBox - syntax error: unexpected redirection

Question

I'm on OpenWRT (which uses BusyBox).

When I run this script:

 while read oldIP ; do
    iptables -t nat -D PREROUTING --dst $oldIP -p tcp --dport 443 -j DNAT --to 192.168.2.1:443
 done < <(comm -23 <(sort /tmp/currentIPs) <(sort /tmp/newIPs))

I get this error:

 syntax error: unexpected redirection

I believe that it doesn't like the "<(" part. So, my question is...How can I change this script so that BusyBox will like it?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '12 at 17:58

The "<()" is called process substitution, and is a bash-specific feature. You need to use temporary files and a pipeline for it work on other POSIX shells.

sort /tmp/currentIPs > /tmp/currentIPs.sorted
sort /tmp/newIPs > /tmp/newIPs.sorted
comm -23 /tmp/currentIPs.sorted /tmp/newIPs.sorted | while read oldIP ; do
    iptables -t nat -D PREROUTING --dst $oldIP -p tcp --dport 443 -j DNAT --to 192.168.2.1:443
done
rm /tmp/currentIPs.sorted /tmp/newIPs.sorted

BusyBox - syntax error: unexpected redirection

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