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Old 07-08-2013
Issue with SUNOS running sed scripts
Hi
I probably dont have GNU extended sed in my SUNOS . and its creating lot of problems
ex:
a simple sed command like this is not working

Code:
 sed '/WORD/ a\
sample text line 1 \
sample text line 1
 ' filename

sed: command garbled: /WORD/ a

I took precaution to have a new line after a\

tried with ^J for new line also different syntaxes like ; after a liek a;\ and then new line
Nothing worked ...
Please help
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-08-2013 at 03:42 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 07-08-2013
Your command like you posted it should work. Could it be that there is a space after the first backslash with your original command, that is not present in the sample you posted here?
# 3  
Old 07-08-2013
absolutely Not I dont have a space or anythign . like i mentioned in the post i double triple checked if i have a new line starting after a\
# 4  
Old 07-08-2013
Try copy-pasting your own sample on this page back on to the command prompt, what do you get?
Also is the error message exactly like you posted it without a \ at the end?
Code:
sed: command garbled: /WORD/ a


--- edit ---
Another possibility, does your file contain CR-LF , i.e could it be that your command is in a script file that is in DOS format?
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-08-2013 at 04:08 PM..
# 5  
Old 07-08-2013
I am running the command directly on putty . So no windows issues
I am copy pasting the entire command and its output
Code:
% sed ' /WORD/ a\
sample line 1 \
sample line2 \
' tt
sed: command garbled: /WORD/ a
% uname
SunOS
% which sed
/usr/bin/sed
%

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-08-2013 at 04:29 PM.. Reason: servername disclosed; code tags
# 6  
Old 07-08-2013
I mean copy and paste the very sample that you posted earlier on this page in post#1. (select that sample and copy-paste into putty)
# 7  
Old 07-08-2013
% sed ' /WORD/ a\sample line 1 \sample line2 \' ttsed: command garbled: /WORD/ a% unameSunOS% which sed/usr/bin/sed%
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