Shell Programming and Scripting

$ cat ggg

Code:

/E*Fare/testteam/public/pf3/nggfstatic/4k-pf3_3.case
REGION1:
/E*Fare/dist/src/nggfstaticbase/EFare/Server
CODEBASE1:
/dev_tools/LINUXMTP-4/EFS070718E/EFare/Server
DATABASE1: nggfstatic
SCRIPT: /efare1/admin/ezlcn/scripts/pf3_3_scriptlist.input
PROLOGINITSIZE not yet set
You are using: time
PROLOGINITSIZE is  200M

DATABASE CONFIG FILE: config/spserver-nggfstatic
.
.
.
.
.
.
200 - 300 lines

Now substituting a value (given at the same without using a variable), it ran fine:

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[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ sed "/PROLOGINITSIZE is / s/\(.*\)/\1\nTime1\nTime2\nTime3/" ggg

Code:

/E*Fare/testteam/public/pf3/nggfstatic/4k-pf3_3.case
REGION1:
/E*Fare/dist/src/nggfstaticbase/EFare/Server
CODEBASE1:
/dev_tools/LINUXMTP-4/EFS070718E/EFare/Server
DATABASE1: nggfstatic
SCRIPT: /efare1/admin/ezlcn/scripts/pf3_3_scriptlist.input
PROLOGINITSIZE not yet set
You are using: time
PROLOGINITSIZE is  200M
Time1
Time2
Time3
DATABASE CONFIG FILE: config/spserver-nggfstatic
.
.
.
.
.
.
200 - 300 lines

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[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ echo $lines

Code:

Time1 Time2 Time3

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[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ echo "$lines"

Code:

Time1
Time2
Time3

Now, when I substituted the values of line starting with "PROLOGINITSIZE is " at command prompt using exact value...system was good. But when I placed the values inside a variable "$lines" then why it is not giving us the same result.. KINDLY SUGGEST!!!!!!!

See below:

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[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ sed "/PROLOGINITSIZE is / s/\(.*\)/\1\n"$lines"/" ggg

Code:

sed: -e expression #1, char 40: unterminated `s' command

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/dist/sparc/home/aksutil/pawan
[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ sed "/PROLOGINITSIZE is / s/\(.*\)/\1\n'"$lines"'/" ggg

Code:

sed: -e expression #1, char 41: unterminated `s' command

(1) /efare1/dist/sparc/home/aksutil/pawan
[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ sed "/PROLOGINITSIZE is / s/\(.*\)/\1\n'"${lines}"'/" ggg

Code:

sed: -e expression #1, char 41: unterminated `s' command

(1) /efare1/dist/sparc/home/aksutil/pawan
[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ sed "/PROLOGINITSIZE is / s/\(.*\)/\1\n"${lines}"/" ggg

Code:

sed: -e expression #1, char 40: unterminated `s' command

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/efare1/dist/sparc/home/aksutil/pawan
[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $


Any helps...while using sed and substituting data that is stored inside a variable...(I have done that in one of my other script...skeptical how that one is working fine????)

Thanks -
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See here, it's also working when using with variables...but am i missing something in my Q? above:

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[efare@e1dsgalnggf16] $ tail +15 ~/aksutil/GF_BDY_AKS.htm|head -n 1

Code:

<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9">

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[efare@e1dsgalnggf16] $ m=meta;a=arun; sed "15 s/"$m"/"$a"/" ~/aksutil/GF_BDY_AKS.htm|tail +15|head -n 1

Code:

<arun name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9">

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Your quotes are mismatched and in the incorrect format, use single quotes around the sed expression and double quotes around the variable.

eg:

Code:

sed 's/SOMTHEING/'"$SOMETHING_ELSE"'/g'

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[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ echo "$lines"
Time1
Time2
Time3
Time4
Time5

(1) /efare1/dist/sparc/home/aksutil/pawan
[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ sed '/PROLOGINITSIZE is / s/\(.*\)/\1\n'"$lines"'/' ggg
sed: -e expression #1, char 40: unterminated `s' command

(1) /efare1/dist/sparc/home/aksutil/pawan
[efare@e1dsgalnggf18] $ sed '/PROLOGINITSIZE is / s/\(.*\)/\1\n'"${lines}"'/' ggg
sed: -e expression #1, char 40: unterminated `s' command

Ok, the problem appears to be that you have embedded returns in your variable. This is not going to work.