Hi i am having a stange problem.
Basically for my sed script used within bash i can unly use a single Quote with sed '. (if i use " then i get command garbled error with sed )
The problem with this is BASH does not interprit variables within single quote ' so we cannot use any of the BASH variables in sed ?
Its frustrating me, please take a look at the sample
Sample 1[code]
Code:
#!/bin/bash
while read job_nm time
do
for file in `cat jil_file_nm_list`
do
match=`grep $job_nm $file`
if [ ! -z "$match" ]; then
echo match found
sed "/^insert_job:[ ,\t]$job_nm/ a\
test line 1 \
test line2 " wr.sfa.apr.jil
else
echo match not found
fi
done
done < mxtm.out.sample
When i run this the error is
Code:
]
bash-3.2$ bash maxtime_bash.sh
match found
sed: command garbled: /^insert_job:[ ,\t]WR#cmd#sfa_2_1_xtrapr/ a test line 1 test line2
match not found
match not found
match not found
Sample 2
Code:
#!/bin/bashwhile read job_nm timedofor file in `cat jil_file_nm_list`domatch=`grep $job_nm $file`if [ ! -z "$match" ]; thenecho match foundsed '/^insert_job:[ ,\t]$job_nm/ a\test line 1 \test line2 ' wr.sfa.apr.jilelse echo match not foundfidonedone < mxtm.out.sample
When i run sample2 $job_nm is not evaluated !
Code:
+ sed '/^insert_job:[ ,\t]$job_nm/ a\
test line 1 \
test line2 ' wr.sfa.apr.jil
/* delete_job: WR#cmd#sfa_2_1_xtrrdw_apr job_type: c */
How do i fix scenario 2 or for that matter 1.
Moderator's Comments:
Next time : Please use code tags for you data and code
Last edited by vash; 07-09-2013 at 12:59 PM..
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