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# 15  
Old 11-29-2010
are you sure the error message is for this double quoted sed and not the for the previous sed you have in the function..? Make sure the first sed command (sed -e 's/;/ /g' tmp > tmp2;) works fine and yields the expected output.
# 16  
Old 11-29-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by michaelrozar17
are you sure the error message is for this double quoted sed and not the for the previous sed you have in the function..? Make sure the first sed command (sed -e 's/;/ /g' tmp > tmp2;) works fine and yields the expected output.

yea.. the first sed command works pretty fine..
# 17  
Old 11-29-2010
There is an unwanted newline in the variable OLDV which is upsetting the "sed".

Code:
Try this:

    OLDV=`awk '{printf "%s",$'$COLUMN' ; }' tmp2`


The whole process is a bit weird (especially the use of "diff").
Can we see:
Sample data
Sample answers and matching expected output.
# 18  
Old 11-29-2010
Ok then give a try to :

Code:
sed 's/'`echo $OLDV`'/'`echo $NEW`'/g' tmp2 > tmp3

with no quote around the $var so the echo should trail the new line causing the error
# 19  
Old 11-29-2010
The script in post #10 just needed the awk corrected to repair the error seen from the corrected "sed" (the one with double quotes).
The whole script has dubious logic and we need to know what it is meant to do.
Last edited by methyl; 12-01-2010 at 08:32 AM.. Reason: typo
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