For starters, your variable names don't match up (from1 vs from, to1 vs to), although I don't think that's the source of the problem (perhaps that's just a typo in the post). I suspect that the problem is that the values of the from1 and to1 variables will contain multiple lines if there are multiple files that match the *eml pattern. The embedded newlines are almost certainly what is causing the problem with the sed command.
Perhaps something akin to the following will suit your needs:
Regards,
Alister
While running a shell script i am getting this warning but the script is working fine.while running the blocks of the scripts individually its running fine.But while pasting it combinedly this is the warning..wat may be the reason behind this and how to resolve it (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to use a sed command in a shell script in order to delete some lines in a file and I got the following error message.
I don't understand why it is not working 'cause I have tried with simple quotes, then with double-quotes, and it is not working.
sed: -e expression #1,... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have been trying to get various sed statements to work. I thought I had cracked it when suddenly I start recieving these messages
"sed: -e expression #1, char 14: unterminated 's' command"
It happens on any sed statement I now run. The only thing I have done inbetween trying to get... (0 Replies)
Hello!
I wroted a little script that should check for new updates on a server and get them if any. The problem is, every time I run it with sh, I'm getting an "script: 20: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string" error!
The problem is, there isn't any "unterminated quoted string" in my script:... (2 Replies)
I have read many threads, but I still didn't find the right answer. May be i didn't find the right thread, though are so many threads for the same question.
Basically the situation is - find date in a file and replace it with another date. (its not homework, its part of lot of a big processing,... (10 Replies)
I have list of data I have cut down to format:
I am using sed command to remove the sed 's/
Returns error:
sed: -e expression #1, char 5: unterminated `s' command
Full code line is:
cat textFile | cut -d ' ' -f 4 | cut ':' -f 1 | sed 's/
Thanks,
Please use next time code tags... (2 Replies)
Hello All,
I have something like below
LDC100/rel/prod/libinactrl.a
LAA2000/rel/prod/libinactrl.a
I want to remove till first forward slash that is outputshould be as below
rel/prod/libinactrl.a
rel/prod/libinactrl.a
How can I do that ??? (8 Replies)
I am trying to grep for a particular text (Do action on cell BL330) in a text file(sample.gz) which is searched in the content filtered by date+timestamp (2016-09-14 01:09:56,796 to 2016-09-15 04:10:29,719) on a remote machine and finally write the output into a output file on a local machine.
... (23 Replies)
I am trying to add word in last of particular line.
the same command syntex is running on prompt. but in bash script give error."sed: -e expression #1, char 20: unterminated address regex"
Please help.
for i in `cat servername`;
do
ssh -q -t root@$i sed -i '/simple_allow_groups =/s/$/,... (4 Replies)
Hello. I'm self teaching myself and coded a program but I keep getting a illegal division by 0 error. I know what it means but I don't know where I am messing up.
Here is the code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
@lines = <>;
my %earned;
my %possible;
for ($i = 1; $i <... (6 Replies)
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shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)