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Operating Systems Linux Debian Using sed with bash variables Post 302945884 by vgersh99 on Thursday 4th of June 2015 08:28:57 AM
Old 06-04-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by linuxjunkie
I changed the code to this

Code:
#!/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11

echo "what is the website ?"
read WEBSITE
if grep -q $WEBSITE "/etc/squid3/acls/allowed-sites"
then
        echo "$WEBSITE already exists"
else
        echo "adding website $WEBSITE"
        sed -i -e "3i$WEBSITE\" /etc/squid3/acls/allowed-sites
fi

and now im getting this error

Code:
/usr/local/sbin/add-website.sh: line 19: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
/usr/local/sbin/add-website.sh: line 22: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Not sure where to go from here
my crystal ball says there's no matching double-quote on line 19 of your script.
sed -i -e "3i$WEBSITE\" /etc/squid3/acls/allowed-sites
What exactly is the purpose of \"?
 

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