http://www.h-o.nl/blog/magento-product-import-no-browser-high-volume/

codeblock10.sh

tail -f import.log

codeblock3.sh

php -f mag_import.php 7

codeblock4.sh

echo mag_import.php 7
php /PATH/TO/YOUR/MAGENTOINSTALLATION/shell/mag_product_import.php 7

echo indexer.php reindexall
php /PATH/TO/YOUR/MAGENTOINSTALLATION/shell/indexer.php reindexall

codeblock5.sh

bash /PATH/TO/YOUR/MAGENTOINSTALLATION/shell/shell_dayly.sh

codeblock6.sh

crontab -e

codeblock7.sh

*/5 * * * * php -f /PATH/TO/YOUR/MAGENTOINSTALLATION/cron.php

codeblock8.sh

[email protected]

codeblock9.sh

0 0 * * * bash /PATH/TO/YOUR/MAGENTOINSTALLATION/shell/import.sh

mag_import.php

<?php

/**
 * Path to the root of your magento installation
 */
$root = '/PATH/TO/YOUR/MAGENTOINSTALLATION/';

/**
 * Url to your magento installation.
 */
$url = 'http://www.yourmagentostore.com/';

/**
 * relative path from the magento root to the login file.
 */
$login = 'shell/mag_login.php';

/**
 * name of the logfile, will be places in magentoroot/var/log/
 */
$logFileName= 'import.log';

/**
 * how many products will be parsed at each post. Usually 10-50.
 */
$atOnce = 50;



/**
 * DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
 */
function convert ($size)
{
	$unit=array('b','kb','mb','gb','tb','pb');
	return @round($size/pow(1024,($i=floor(log($size,1024)))),2).' '.$unit[$i];
}

set_time_limit(0);
ini_set('memory_limit', '128M');

$profileId = $argv[1];
if (! isset($profileId)) {
	exit ("\nPlease specify a profile id. You can find it in the admin panel->Import/Export->Profiles.\nUsage: \n\t\t  php -f $argv[0] PROFILE_ID\n\t example: php -f $argv[0] 7\n");
}
$recordCount = 0;


//getting Magento
require_once $root.'app/Mage.php';
ob_implicit_flush();
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

//starting the import
Mage::log("\n\n", null, $logFileName);
Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . "STARTING IMPORT", null, $logFileName);

$profile = Mage::getModel('dataflow/profile');
$userModel = Mage::getModel('admin/user');
$userModel->setUserId(0);
Mage::getSingleton('admin/session')->setUser($userModel);
if ($profileId) {
   $profile->load($profileId);
   if (!$profile->getId()) {
      Mage::getSingleton('adminhtml/session')->addError('ERROR: Could not load profile');
   }
}

/**
 * get het login information.
 */
exec("php -f {$root}{$login}", $result);

$loginInformation = json_decode($result[0]);

$sessionId = $loginInformation->sessionId;
$formKey =  $loginInformation->formKey;

//clean dataflow_batch_import table so it doesn't get amazingly big.
$db = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_write');
$db->query("TRUNCATE TABLE `dataflow_batch_import`");
Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . "Table dataflow_batch_import cleaned", null, $logFileName);

//load profile
if ($profileId) {
	$profile->load($profileId);
	if (!$profile->getId()) {
		Mage::getSingleton('adminhtml/session')->addError('ERROR: Could not load profile');
	}
}
Mage::register('current_convert_profile', $profile);

//run the profile
Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . "Preparing profile...", null, $logFileName);
$profile->run();
Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . "...Done", null, $logFileName);

//get to work
$batchModel = Mage::getSingleton('dataflow/batch');
if ($batchModel->getId()) {
	#echo "getId ok\n";
	if ($batchModel->getAdapter()) {
		#echo "getAdapter ok\n";
		$batchId = $batchModel->getId();
		Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . "Loaded batch id $batchId", null, $logFileName);
		
		$batchImportModel = $batchModel->getBatchImportModel();
		$importIds = $batchImportModel->getIdCollection();
		$batchModel = Mage::getModel('dataflow/batch')->load($batchId);
		$adapter = Mage::getModel($batchModel->getAdapter());
		$postdata = array();
		$postnum = 0;
		$totalproducts = count($importIds);
		
		Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - 0/{$totalproducts}", null, $logFileName);

		foreach ($importIds as $importId) {
			#echo "importing $importId\n";
			$recordCount++;
			$postdata[] = "rows[]=$importId";
			
			//echo "$importId ";
			
			if ($recordCount%$atOnce == 0 || $recordCount == $totalproducts) {
				$postnum++;
				$postdata[] = "batch_id=$batchId";
				$postdata[] = "form_key=$formKey";
				$postdatastring = implode('&', $postdata);
				$postdata = array();
				
				//print_r($postdatastring);
				//Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - Start cURL request #$postnum", null, $logFileName);
				
				$ch = curl_init();
				
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url."index.php/admin/system_convert_profile/batchRun/?isAjax=true");
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 100 );
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIE, "adminhtml=$sessionId" ); 
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdatastring);
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
				
				$buffer = curl_exec($ch);

				if (empty($buffer))
				{
				    Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - {$recordCount}/{$totalproducts} - Response is empty - ERROR" . curl_error($ch), null, $logFileName);
				}
				else
				{						
					$result = json_decode($buffer);
					
					Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - {$recordCount}/{$totalproducts} [$buffer]" , null, $logFileName);
					if (count($result->errors))
					{
						foreach ($result->errors as $error)
						{
							Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - ERROR: $error", null, $logFileName);
						}
					}
				}
				
				curl_close ($ch);
			}

		}
		foreach ($profile->getExceptions() as $e) {
			Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . $e->getMessage(), null, $logFileName);
		}
	}
}
Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . "Completed!", null, $logFileName);

mag_login.php

<?php

/**
 * Path to the root of your magento installation.
 * include traing slash.
 */
$root = '/PATH/TO/YOUR/MAGENTOINSTALLATION/';

/**
 * Username that has the rights to import products.
 */
$username = 'USERNAME';

/**
 * Password
 */
$password = 'PASSWORD';



/**
 * DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
 */
//getting Magento
require_once $root.'app/Mage.php';
ob_implicit_flush();
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

//starting the import

Mage::getSingleton("admin/session", array("name"=>"adminhtml"));
$session = Mage::getSingleton("admin/session");

try
{
	$session->login($username, $password);
} catch(Exception $e) {
	echo 'Message: ' .$e->getMessage();
}

if(! $session->isLoggedIn())
{
		Mage::log(convert(memory_get_usage()) . " - " . "Could not log in with '$username'", null, $logFileName);
		exit;
}
	
$sessionId = $session->getEncryptedSessionId();
$formKey =  Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->getFormKey();

echo json_encode(array('sessionId' => $sessionId, 'formKey' => $formKey));

anyone managed to run this on Magento 1.6+?

yes, magento 1.7