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# 1  
Old 05-21-2009
unexpected end of file error

When I run the following script:
Code:
 
#! /bin/bash
 
for var in CA CC CD CT EC PC
do
        cat << EOF > ${var}_full.dat
        echo T ${var}_high
        echo C age
        echo C sex
        echo C ht
        echo C WT_lg
        EOF
 
        cat << EOF > ${var}_agesex.dat
        echo T ${var}_high
        echo C age
        echo C sex
        EOF
 
done
 
exit 0

I get this error:
Code:
 
./make_dat_files: line 22: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I'm obviously missing something simple - what is it???
# 2  
Old 05-21-2009
Code:
for var in CA CC CD CT EC PC
do
        cat << EOF > ${var}_full.dat
        echo T ${var}_high
        echo C age
        echo C sex
        echo C ht
        echo C WT_lg
EOF
 
        cat << EOF > ${var}_agesex.dat
        echo T ${var}_high
        echo C age
        echo C sex
EOF
 
done
 
exit 0

[ No spaces allowed before the EOF, end of the here docuemnt]

-Devaraj Takhellambam
# 3  
Old 05-21-2009
No spaces on this line either:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

# 4  
Old 05-21-2009
"No spaces on this line either: ..."

No. That is incorrect. The space is optional, and -- if the GNU Autoconf manual is to believed -- is, in fact, the standard; however, all modern unices accept "#!/" and "#! /".

See:

#! - the Unix truth as far as I know it.: #!
The '#!' magic - details about the shebang mechanism
# 5  
Old 05-21-2009
Quite correct.
This is the bad one:
Code:
# !/bin/bash

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