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Old 01-19-2009
Unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
Hi everyone,

I am trying to search for a string in a file that is partly made up of a variable. Here's the code:

Code:
echo "parentCategory = $parentCategory"
echo "parentCategoryFormatted = $parentCategoryFormatted"

numUrlsFoundInParentCategory=`grep -c "<Topic r:id=\"Top\/World\/Français\/" $inputFile`

echo "Hard-coded result = $numUrlsFoundInParentCategory"

numUrlsFoundInParentCategory=`grep -c \""<Topic r:id=\\\"$parentCategoryFormatted"\" $inputFile`

echo grep -c \""<Topic r:id=\\\"$parentCategoryFormatted"\" $inputFile

echo "Dynamic result = $numUrlsFoundInParentCategory"

It produces the output...

parentCategory = Top/World/Français/
parentCategoryFormatted = Top\/World\/Français\/
Hard-coded result = 22093
./dmozStats.sh: command substitution: line 44: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
./dmozStats.sh: command substitution: line 45: syntax error: unexpected end of file
grep -c "<Topic r:id=\"Top\/World\/Français\/" content.rdf.u8.clean
Dynamic result =

I can't find out why the command using the variable won't work when it appears to look the same as the hard-coded version.

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 01-19-2009
I think that this is all to do with nested quotes and cascading backslashes! Smilie

Try setting the -x option in the script and see if the trace output helps.

Jerry
# 3  
Old 01-20-2009
You seem to have gone a bit too far with the backslashes! Smilie

I'm assuming your input file looks a bit like this:

Code:
cat zzz.txt
<Topic r:id="Top/World/Français/
<Topic r:id="Top/World/Français/
dfgg
<Topic r:id="Top/World/Français/

If you can set your variable differently it should work:

Code:
parentCategoryFormatted="\"Top/World/Français/"
numUrlsFoundInParentCategory=`grep -c "<Topic r:id=$parentCategoryFormatted" zzz.txt`
echo "Dynamic result = $numUrlsFoundInParentCategory"
Dynamic result = 3

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