Shell Programming and Scripting

Can anyone tell me why I keep on getting this error message?

../dosRename: syntax error at line 77: `end of file' unexpected

I have treid everything and I just can get it to work!
Here is the code:

#!/bin/sh

Usage() {
[ $# -ne 0 ] && echo "\n$*\n" >&2
cat <<-EOD_USAGE >&2
Usage: $0 file... target
file... List of files to rename
target Target name

EOD_USAGE
exit 1
}


# Get and verify arguments


# Argument count

[ $# -lt 2 ] && Usage "Missing arguments."

# Files to rename

while [ $# -gt 1 ]
do
file=$1
case "$file" in
*.*.*|*\**) Usage "Invalid file name : $file" ;;
esac
[ -e "$file" ] || Usage "File not found : $file"
file_list="$file_list $file"
shift
done

# Target name

target=$1
case "$target" in
*.*.*|*\**\**) Usage "Invalid target name : $file" ;;
esac
target_nam=`echo "$target" | cut -d. -f1`
target_ext=`echo "$target" | cut -d. -f2`


# Rename loop


for file in $file_list
do
# Actual file name and extension

file_nam=`echo "$file" | cut -d. -f1`
file_ext=`echo "$file" | cut -d. -f2`

# New file name and extension

if [ "$target_nam" = '*' ]
then new_nam="$file_nam"
else new_nam="$target_nam"
fi
if [ "$target_ext" = '*' ]
then new_ext="$file_ext"
else new_ext="$target_ext"
fi
[ -n "$file_ext" ] && file_ext=".$file_ext"
[ -n "$new_ext" ] && new_ext=".$new_ext"
new="${new_nam}${new_ext}"

# Rename

echo "Rename file $file to $new ..."
if [ -e "$new" ]
then echo "Not renamed, target file already exists : $new" >&2
else mv "$file" "$new"
fi
done

Many thanks.

I've copied/pasted your code on a RH9-box and it worked fine.
Try adding an extra linefeed to the end of the file though, I've seen this before.

Hope it helps !

Bart.

Zeta_Acosta, I answered this question in this post. You will continue to have problems until you follow my advice.

Bart, to reproduce this error you must do two things. If you use our quote function on the first post in this thread, you will see the white space characters that get deleted since Zeta_Acosta did not use code tags. Notice that the line "EOD_USAGE" has some leading white space. So type some spaces or tabs in front of the capital E. And switch to the old bourne shell which cannot tolerate this situation. Now the script will fail for you too.

Zeta_Acosta, one more time, all you need to do is make the capital E be the very first character on the line. No leading spaces or tabs. No trailing spaces or tabs. Nothing at all on the line except EOD_USAGE. Give it a try.

And if you will not try this, do not open a third thread to post the same question again. Instead, post the question again in one of your pre-existing threads. That will save some time.

You are correct, Perderabo. I have used the quote function and am now able to reproduce the error.

The white-space in front of EOD... is indeed the culprit.

I strike again, Im sorry pederabo! I should have looked at the previous posts.

Did I ever tell you that YOUR GREAT!

Thanks again every1!