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Old 04-17-2017
sed problems - Bash Script
Hi
I keep getting the following error

Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 32: unterminated `s' command
sed: -e expression #1, char 35: unterminated `s' command
sed: -e expression #1, char 35: unterminated `s' command

whenever I use the following bash script

Code:
#! /bin/bash
mailgmail="smtp\.gmail\.com:587"
mailyahoo="smtp\.mail\.yahoo\.com:587"
echo "Email:"
        read emailuse
echo "Password:"
        read emailpass
sed -i "6s/.*/root=$emailuse/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
sed -i "25s/.*/AuthUser=$emailuse/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
sed -i "26s/.*/AuthPass=$emailpass/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
if [[ "$emailuse" == *"gmail"* ]]; then
        sed -i "10s/.*/mail=$mailgmail" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
        sed -i "23s/.*/mailhub=$mailgmail" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
        sed -i "28s/.*/mailhub=$mailgmail" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
elif [[ "$emailuse" == *"yahoo"* ]]; then
        sed -i "10s/.*/mail=$mailyahoo" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
        sed -i "23s/.*/mailhub=$mailyahoo" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
        sed -i "28s/.*/mailhub=$mailyahoo" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
else
        echo "Use another email address with yahoo or gmail"

fi

Thank you


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Mod Comment Please use CODE tags as required by forum rules!
Last edited by RudiC; 04-17-2017 at 07:54 AM.. Reason: Changed ICODE to CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 04-17-2017
Reading the error messages carefully: try terminating each of those sed substitute commands with a slash...
Last edited by RudiC; 04-17-2017 at 04:13 PM.. Reason: typo
# 3  
Old 04-17-2017
The closing / are missing. For example
Code:
    sed -i "
      10s/.*/mail=$mailgmail/
      23s/.*/mailhub=$mailgmail/
      28s/.*/mailhub=$mailgmail/
    " /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Multi-statement per one sed is more efficient.
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