Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") Post 302294493 by figaro on Thursday 5th of March 2009 10:31:21 AM
Old 03-05-2009
Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

I have a very simple script that reads in the contents of a file (_open.txt) into an array "lyrics":
Code:
#!/bin/sh

# read in the text
lyrics=( `cat _open.txt` | tr '\n' ' ')

exit 0

It gives the following error message:
./lyrics.sh: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

I have also tried
Code:
lyrics=($(cat _open.txt))

as well as with and without quotes (single and double) around the filename.
but it yields the same error message. The path /bin/sh is correct. What is the error message really saying?
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

"syntax error at line 21 :'done' unexpected." error message"

I am trying to run the script bellow but its given me "syntax error at line 20 :'done' unexpected." error message" can someone check to see if the script is ok? and correct me pls. Today is my first day with scripting. Gurus should pls help out #!/bin/ksh # Purpose: Check to see if file... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ibroxy
3 Replies

2. Solaris

"syntax error near unexpected token `fi' "

one of my script as follows HOME=/apps/logs mv $HOME/cron.log $HOME/cron.log.`date +%Y-%m-%d` touch $HOME/cron.log fi i am getting error as follows on the last line we are getting ... "syntax error near unexpected token `fi' " please suggest.... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: GIC1986
4 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Bash (Ubuntu server): Syntax error: "|" unexpected in While-loop

Hello forum, I hope my problem is easy to solve for someone in here! My main task is to copy a large amount of imap-accounts from one server to another. There is a tool (Perl) called imapsync which does the job exellent. Unfortunately I'm only able to run it on one account at a time. After... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: primaxx
3 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Syntax error near unexpected token `"Hit <ENTER> to continue:"'

the below code will search attr string inside makefile under the modelno on given path. echo "Enter model no for searching string inside makefile" read inputs2 #find /pools/home_unix/sapte/work/models/model/$inputs2 -name "makefile" | xargs grep "attr" \; #;;I am getting below error.... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: lathigara
7 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help with error "syntax error: unexpected end of file"

Hi Techies, can anyone please debug the following Script and let me know what is going wrong here. im getting the following error #!/usr/bin/bash # ############################################################################################## # # Variables # #... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mahi_mayu069
2 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help with FTP Script which is causing "syntax error: unexpected end of file" Error

Hi All, Please hav a look at the below peice of script and let me know if there are any syntax errors. i found that the below peice of Script is causing issue. when i use SFTP its working fine, but there is a demand to use FTP only. please find below code and explain if anything is wrong... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mahi_mayu069
1 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Error"syntax error at line 15: `end of file' unexpected"

While i m running below code, it is giving me the error"syntax error at line 15: `end of file' unexpected". Pls let me know what is wrong here..i tried many ways, but no luck dbSID="SWQE" usrname="apps" password="Wrgthrk3" count=0 while do sqlplus $usrname/$password@$dbSID... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: millan
5 Replies

8. BSD

Keep getting error "-bash: ./.profile_z2: line 52: syntax error: unexpected end of file"

#!/bin/bash #-------------------------------------------------------- # Setup prompt # Author Zeeshan Mirza # Data: 06-08-2017 #-------------------------------------------------------- if then . ./.profile_custom_pre fi umask 022 set -o vi export EDITOR=vi export VISUAL=vi... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: getzeeshan
3 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Error: "Syntax error; unexpected end of file"

Hello all, I am running a script to generate a report and mail it to an email address. When I am trying to validate whether the file is a 0 kb file, I am getting the below error. Error: "Syntax error; unexpected end of file" Any suggestions please? Code: #!/bin/sh .... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Pradeep_Raj
1 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Unexpected "(" (expecting "}")

Hi all, I run the script runvdr from the package runvdr-extreme for many years without any problem (I'm not allowed to post links, but it should be easy to find). Now I tried to run it from within LibreElec which gives me the following error unexpected "(" (expecting "}"). The corresponding line... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: ACorner
12 Replies
a2crd(1)						      General Commands Manual							  a2crd(1)

NAME
a2crd - attempts the conversion of lyrics file into chordii input SYNOPSIS
a2crd [ options...] [ filename... ] DESCRIPTION
a2crd reads the lyrics of one songs from a file, and attempts to produce a output suitable for chordii. Chord names can appear above or below the lyrics. a2crd will embed those names into the lyrics. The FAQ list of alt.guitar documents the way a ascii file should look, but this format is not recognized by everyone, or fully enforced. Thus, it is impossible to modify chordii itself to read *any* type of ascii input and produce good result. a2crd tries its best to to do the tedious conversion job. a2crd attempts to recognize mail/news headers, and comments them out. It preserves as is any line starting with a '{', which would indi- cates a chordii command. It also preserves any lines starting with a '#'. a2crd prepends to the output the content of a file called $HOME/.a2crdsig, if it exists. The first line that is not a comment is assumed to be the title of the song. The nest lines until a blank one are assumed to be sub-titles. OPTIONS
-r ratio Sets the threshold for chordii line recognition. a2crd looks at every line. If the ratio ( space_characters / (non-space_charac- ters) is greater than ratio, the line will be recognized as a chordii line, and its content will be merge with the next available text line. The ratio has a initial value of 1. It is defined as a floating precision value. -D Prints debugging information. For programmers only. -o filename Sends output to filename See Also chordii(l) COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008 The Chordii Project Copyright 1992 by Martin Leclerc and Mario Dorion AUTHORS
Martin Leclerc (martin.leclerc@canada.sun.com *** DEFUNCT ***) Utilities July 2009 a2crd(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:32 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy