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Old 05-04-2010
sed unterminated `s' command?

Hi there,

I'm pretty new to this whole scripting thing. I've written myself something which takes my txt file of SMSes (the backup from the phone), and puts them into an email format, saving them as .eml files. I've tested and uploaded a batch to gmail, but because of threading issues, I've decided that I need to individualise the subject lines so that they display better. For reference, here's the code..

Quote:
#!/bin/bash

sed -i 's/^$/newlinenewlinenewline \n /g' test2.txt #marks where breaks originally occured
#editing From/To headers below
sed -i 's/3538|+3538/08/g' test2.txt ##standardises number format from +3538/3538 to 08....
sed -i 's/From: My Phone/From: ###/g' test2.txt #makes default "me" sender my number
sed -i 's/To: My Phone/To: ####/g' test2.txt #""
sed -i 's/+3538/08/g' test2.txt
sed -i 's/3538/08/g' test2.txt

sed -i 's/From: 08/From: <08/g' test2.txt #adds the "<" character to the address string
sed -i 's/To: 08/To: <08/g' test2.txt #adds the "<" character to the address string
sed -i '/From:/s|$|>|' test2.txt #adds the last ">" to the address string
sed -i '/To:/s|$|>|' test2.txt #adds the last ">" to the address string

#editing Date headers
sed -i 's/Received:.*\09//g' test2.txt
sed -i 's/Received:.*\0//g' test2.txt
sed -i 's/Sent: /Subject: SMS \nDate: /g' test2.txt

sed -i '/^$/d' test2.txt #deletes blank lines from previous removal of dates
sed -i 's/Text:/MIME-Version: 1.0 \nContent-Type: multipart\/alternative; \n boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01CAE890.FD6A3090" \nX-Priority: 3 \nX-MSMail-Priority: Normal \nX-Unsent: 1 \nX-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 \n \nThis is a multi-part message in MIME format. \n \n------=_NextPart_000_000C_01CAE890.FD6A3090 \nContent-Type: text\/plain; \n charset="iso-8859-1" \nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable \n \n------=_NextPart_000_000C_01CAE890.FD6A3090 \nContent-Type: text\/html; \n charset="iso-8859-1" \nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable \n \n<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN"> \n<HTML><HEAD> \n<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text\/html; = \ncharset=3Diso-8859-1"> \n<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.5945" name=3DGENERATOR> \n<STYLE><\/STYLE> \n<\/HEAD> \n<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> \n<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/g' test2.txt

sed -i 's/newlinenewlinenewline/<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BODY><\/HTML>\n \n------=_NextPart_000_000C_01CAE890.FD6A3090--/g' test2.txt #returns breaks

sed -i 's/[ \t]*$//' test2.txt #removes whitespace, email errors otherwise.
awk '/From: /{n++}{print >"out" n ".eml" }' test2.txt #creates .eml files
My problem is such - I've added the following three lines to the code, and now I'm getting an "unterminated `s' command" no matter what I try...

Basically what I want to do is to take the 1st line of the .eml file, (the from: line), and the second line of the file (the to: line) and add them into the subject: line to individualise each one.

The code I tried was

Quote:
from1=$(head -n1 *eml)
to1=$(sed -n '2p' *eml)
sed -i "s/SMS/SMS $from to $to/g" *eml
But I can't see where I've gone wrong? Any ideas?
 

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SED(1)								   User Commands							    SED(1)

NAME
sed - stream editor for filtering and transforming text SYNOPSIS
sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]... DESCRIPTION
Sed is a stream editor. A stream editor is used to perform basic text transformations on an input stream (a file or input from a pipe- line). While in some ways similar to an editor which permits scripted edits (such as ed), sed works by making only one pass over the input(s), and is consequently more efficient. But it is sed's ability to filter text in a pipeline which particularly distinguishes it from other types of editors. -n, --quiet, --silent suppress automatic printing of pattern space -e script, --expression=script add the script to the commands to be executed -f script-file, --file=script-file add the contents of script-file to the commands to be executed -i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX] edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied) -l N, --line-length=N specify the desired line-wrap length for the `l' command --posix disable all GNU extensions. -r, --regexp-extended use extended regular expressions in the script. -s, --separate consider files as separate rather than as a single continuous long stream. -u, --unbuffered load minimal amounts of data from the input files and flush the output buffers more often --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit If no -e, --expression, -f, or --file option is given, then the first non-option argument is taken as the sed script to interpret. All remaining arguments are names of input files; if no input files are specified, then the standard input is read. E-mail bug reports to: bonzini@gnu.org . Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field. COMMAND SYNOPSIS
This is just a brief synopsis of sed commands to serve as a reminder to those who already know sed; other documentation (such as the tex- info document) must be consulted for fuller descriptions. Zero-address ``commands'' : label Label for b and t commands. #comment The comment extends until the next newline (or the end of a -e script fragment). } The closing bracket of a { } block. Zero- or One- address commands = Print the current line number. a text Append text, which has each embedded newline preceded by a backslash. i text Insert text, which has each embedded newline preceded by a backslash. q Immediately quit the sed script without processing any more input, except that if auto-print is not disabled the current pattern space will be printed. Q Immediately quit the sed script without processing any more input. r filename Append text read from filename. R filename Append a line read from filename. Commands which accept address ranges { Begin a block of commands (end with a }). b label Branch to label; if label is omitted, branch to end of script. t label If a s/// has done a successful substitution since the last input line was read and since the last t or T command, then branch to label; if label is omitted, branch to end of script. T label If no s/// has done a successful substitution since the last input line was read and since the last t or T command, then branch to label; if label is omitted, branch to end of script. c text Replace the selected lines with text, which has each embedded newline preceded by a backslash. d Delete pattern space. Start next cycle. D Delete up to the first embedded newline in the pattern space. Start next cycle, but skip reading from the input if there is still data in the pattern space. h H Copy/append pattern space to hold space. g G Copy/append hold space to pattern space. x Exchange the contents of the hold and pattern spaces. l List out the current line in a ``visually unambiguous'' form. n N Read/append the next line of input into the pattern space. p Print the current pattern space. P Print up to the first embedded newline of the current pattern space. s/regexp/replacement/ Attempt to match regexp against the pattern space. If successful, replace that portion matched with replacement. The replacement may contain the special character & to refer to that portion of the pattern space which matched, and the special escapes 1 through 9 to refer to the corresponding matching sub-expressions in the regexp. w filename Write the current pattern space to filename. W filename Write the first line of the current pattern space to filename. y/source/dest/ Transliterate the characters in the pattern space which appear in source to the corresponding character in dest. Addresses Sed commands can be given with no addresses, in which case the command will be executed for all input lines; with one address, in which case the command will only be executed for input lines which match that address; or with two addresses, in which case the command will be executed for all input lines which match the inclusive range of lines starting from the first address and continuing to the second address. Three things to note about address ranges: the syntax is addr1,addr2 (i.e., the addresses are separated by a comma); the line which addr1 matched will always be accepted, even if addr2 selects an earlier line; and if addr2 is a regexp, it will not be tested against the line that addr1 matched. After the address (or address-range), and before the command, a ! may be inserted, which specifies that the command shall only be executed if the address (or address-range) does not match. The following address types are supported: number Match only the specified line number. first~step Match every step'th line starting with line first. For example, ``sed -n 1~2p'' will print all the odd-numbered lines in the input stream, and the address 2~5 will match every fifth line, starting with the second. (This is an extension.) $ Match the last line. /regexp/ Match lines matching the regular expression regexp. cregexpc Match lines matching the regular expression regexp. The c may be any character. GNU sed also supports some special 2-address forms: 0,addr2 Start out in "matched first address" state, until addr2 is found. This is similar to 1,addr2, except that if addr2 matches the very first line of input the 0,addr2 form will be at the end of its range, whereas the 1,addr2 form will still be at the beginning of its range. addr1,+N Will match addr1 and the N lines following addr1. addr1,~N Will match addr1 and the lines following addr1 until the next line whose input line number is a multiple of N. REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
POSIX.2 BREs should be supported, but they aren't completely because of performance problems. The sequence in a regular expression matches the newline character, and similarly for a, , and other sequences. BUGS
E-mail bug reports to bonzini@gnu.org. Be sure to include the word ``sed'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field. Also, please include the output of ``sed --version'' in the body of your report if at all possible. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO
awk(1), ed(1), grep(1), tr(1), perlre(1), sed.info, any of various books on sed, the sed FAQ (http://sed.sf.net/grabbag/tutorials/sed- faq.txt), http://sed.sf.net/grabbag/. The full documentation for sed is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sed programs are properly installed at your site, the command info sed should give you access to the complete manual. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWgsed | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Volatile | +--------------------+-----------------+ NOTES
Source for gsed is available on http://opensolaris.org. sed version 4.1.4 February 2006 SED(1)
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