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# 1  
Old 11-27-2012
sed garbled error message in bash shell
Sed garbled error. Cannot determine why the sed command to insert a line at the beginning of a file will not work on declared variables.

Code:
outfile='DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV'

testfile='totality_request.sql'

header_prefix='DATA FILE'

no_ext_file=`echo $outfile |sed 's/\(.*\)..../\1/'`

echo $no_ext_file

header_file="$header_prefix $no_ext_file"

echo $header_file

trailer_prefix='DATA RECORDS'

trailer_records=`wc -l $outfile| awk '{print $1}'`

echo $trailer_records

trailer_file="$trailer_prefix $trailer_records"

echo $trailer_file

sed "1i\ 
$header_file $outfile" > outfile_new

Here is the output from bash shell:

Code:
bash -x test3.sh
+ outfile=DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
+ testfile=totality_request.sql
+ header_prefix='DATA FILE'
++ echo DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
++ sed 's/\(.*\)..../\1/'
+ no_ext_file=DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ echo DAR.V2.2012115.1
DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ header_file='DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1'
+ echo DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1
DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ trailer_prefix='DATA RECORDS'
++ wc -l DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
++ awk '{print $1}'
+ trailer_records=2
+ echo 2
2
+ trailer_file='DATA RECORDS 2'
+ echo DATA RECORDS 2
DATA RECORDS 2
+ sed '1i\ 
DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1 DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV'
sed: command garbled: 1i\

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Last edited by vgersh99; 11-27-2012 at 01:51 PM.. Reason: code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 11-27-2012
In your sample there seems to be a space behind the \ that should not be there. The backslash should be the last character on the line.
# 3  
Old 11-27-2012
I removed the trailing space and checked to make sure there were not others with a :set list, but the same message returned.

Code:
outfile='DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV'$
$
testfile='totality_request.sql'$
$
header_prefix='DATA FILE'$
$
no_ext_file=`echo $outfile |sed 's/\(.*\)..../\1/'`$
$
echo $no_ext_file$
$
header_file="$header_prefix $no_ext_file"$
$
echo $header_file$
$
trailer_prefix='DATA RECORDS'$
$
trailer_records=`wc -l $outfile| awk '{print $1}'`$
$
echo $trailer_records$
$
trailer_file="$trailer_prefix $trailer_records"$
$
echo $trailer_file$
$
sed "1i\$
$header_file $outfile" > outfile_new$

It seems that it wants to treat the 1i as text and not part of the command?

Code:
smenago@eqewrslhp01$ bash -x test3.sh
+ outfile=DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
+ testfile=totality_request.sql
+ header_prefix='DATA FILE'
++ echo DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
++ sed 's/\(.*\)..../\1/'
+ no_ext_file=DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ echo DAR.V2.2012115.1
DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ header_file='DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1'
+ echo DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1
DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ trailer_prefix='DATA RECORDS'
++ wc -l DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
++ awk '{print $1}'
+ trailer_records=2
+ echo 2
2
+ trailer_file='DATA RECORDS 2'
+ echo DATA RECORDS 2
DATA RECORDS 2
+ sed '1iDATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1 DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV'
+ sed 'DATA RECORDS 2'
sed: command garbled: 1iDATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1 DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
sed: command garbled: DATA RECORDS 2

Last edited by smenago; 11-27-2012 at 06:10 PM..
# 4  
Old 11-27-2012
Try:
Code:
sed "1i\\
$header_file
" "$outfile" > outfile_new

# 5  
Old 11-28-2012
Worked. Thanks a bunch. I need to add a trailer to this file as well and tried to pipe in the 2nd sed command, but received the same error.
Code:
cat test3.sh
outfile='DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV'

testfile='totality_request.sql'

header_prefix='DATA FILE'

no_ext_file=`echo $outfile |sed 's/\(.*\)..../\1/'`

echo $no_ext_file

header_file="$header_prefix $no_ext_file"

echo $header_file

trailer_prefix='DATA RECORDS'

trailer_records=`wc -l $outfile| awk '{print $1}'`

echo $trailer_records

trailer_file="$trailer_prefix $trailer_records"

echo $trailer_file

     sed "1i\\
$header_file
" "$outfile" | sed "$a\\
$trailer_file
" > outfile_new

Below is the sed garbled error again.

Code:
bash -x test3.sh
+ outfile=DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
+ testfile=totality_request.sql
+ header_prefix='DATA FILE'
++ echo DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
++ sed 's/\(.*\)..../\1/'
+ no_ext_file=DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ echo DAR.V2.2012115.1
DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ header_file='DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1'
+ echo DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1
DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1
+ trailer_prefix='DATA RECORDS'
++ wc -l DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
++ awk '{print $1}'
+ trailer_records=2
+ echo 2
2
+ trailer_file='DATA RECORDS 2'
+ echo DATA RECORDS 2
DATA RECORDS 2
+ sed '1i\
DATA FILE DAR.V2.2012115.1
' DAR.V2.2012115.1.CSV
+ sed '\
DATA RECORDS 2
'
sed: command garbled: \
DATA RECORDS 2

# 6  
Old 11-28-2012
Try: sed "\$a...
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smenago
# 7  
Old 11-29-2012
Worked. Appreciate the help.
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